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  1. Takia Gate in Turkistan, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

    Not a set. Not a theme park.

    An old Silk Road gate whose name likely points to a takia — a Sufi lodge where dervishes, Muslim mystics on a path of devotion and remembrance, gathered.

    Behind it: old Turkistan, pilgrims, khans, dust, and Timur’s blue-domed tribute to Khoja Ahmed Yasawi.

    Full Kazakhstan guide:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Kazakhstan #SilkRoad #travel #centralasia #overlanding

  2. Takia Gate in Turkistan, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

    Not a set. Not a theme park.

    An old Silk Road gate whose name likely points to a takia — a Sufi lodge where dervishes, Muslim mystics on a path of devotion and remembrance, gathered.

    Behind it: old Turkistan, pilgrims, khans, dust, and Timur’s blue-domed tribute to Khoja Ahmed Yasawi.

    Full Kazakhstan guide:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Kazakhstan #SilkRoad #travel #centralasia #overlanding

  3. The convoluted story of Silk Road. It is not just about, "narco deep web kingpin arrested". It is gone deeper than that.

    youtube.com/watch?v=YEEpwhTlPj8

    #cybercrime #infosec #silkroad

  4. Shehzadi at Takia Gate, Turkistan.

    Months earlier we stood in Chandolin, Switzerland, home of Ella Maillart, who crossed Soviet Turkestan in 1932 with a camera, notebooks, and heroic stubbornness.

    Then we drove east. Now the road had folded the map: Swiss mountain village to Silk Road Kazakhstan.

    Full blog:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #Kazakhstan #Turkistan #EllaMaillart #SilkRoad #overlanding

  5. Shehzadi at Takia Gate, Turkistan.

    Months earlier we stood in Chandolin, Switzerland, home of Ella Maillart, who crossed Soviet Turkestan in 1932 with a camera, notebooks, and heroic stubbornness.

    Then we drove east. Now the road had folded the map: Swiss mountain village to Silk Road Kazakhstan.

    Full blog:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #Kazakhstan #Turkistan #EllaMaillart #SilkRoad #overlanding

  6. China Overland Part 4 is live: Shigatse to Saga via G318, Gyatso La, Everest North Base Camp, Rongbuk, Peiku Tso, and G219. Five 8,000m peaks, eco-bus rules, khata sendoff, wolf-claw road lore, turquoise lake, pilgrim buses, and lunch at altitude. Everest made us park. North Face, Shishapangma, Himalayan road day. Tiny lungs, big scenery. High-altitude Tibet. Cold, clear, high.
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com
    #VagabondCouple #travel #ChinaOverland #Tibet #Everest #Overlanding #SilkRoad #G318 #Himalayas

  7. China Overland Part 4 is live: Shigatse to Saga via G318, Gyatso La, Everest North Base Camp, Rongbuk, Peiku Tso, and G219. Five 8,000m peaks, eco-bus rules, khata sendoff, wolf-claw road lore, turquoise lake, pilgrim buses, and lunch at altitude. Everest made us park. North Face, Shishapangma, Himalayan road day. Tiny lungs, big scenery. High-altitude Tibet. Cold, clear, high.
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com
    #VagabondCouple #travel #ChinaOverland #Tibet #Everest #Overlanding #SilkRoad #G318 #Himalayas

  8. China Overland Part 3 is live: Golmud to Shigatse on the high road to Tibet via G109, Qinghai-Tibet Highway, Kunlun Pass, Hoh Xil, Tuotuohe, Yangtze headwaters, Tanggula Pass, Amdo, Nagqu, yak pasture, Tibetan antelope, railway engineering, oxygen hotels, and Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Altitude charged rent. Oxygen filed paperwork. Thin air, big views.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #ChinaOverland #QinghaiTibetHighway #Tibet #Overlanding #SilkRoad #Golmud #Shigatse

  9. China Overland Part 3 is live: Golmud to Shigatse on the high road to Tibet via G109, Qinghai-Tibet Highway, Kunlun Pass, Hoh Xil, Tuotuohe, Yangtze headwaters, Tanggula Pass, Amdo, Nagqu, yak pasture, Tibetan antelope, railway engineering, oxygen hotels, and Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Altitude charged rent. Oxygen filed paperwork. Thin air, big views.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #ChinaOverland #QinghaiTibetHighway #Tibet #Overlanding #SilkRoad #Golmud #Shigatse

  10. China Overland Part 2 is live: Kashgar to Golmud around the Tarim Basin. Kuqa bazaar, Qiuci music, Subashi Buddhist Ruins, Bosten Lake, Turpan karez, Flaming Mountains, Bezeklik, Tuyugou, Hami, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, and the G215 high-desert run. China did not do small. Our tires noticed.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #SilkRoad #Overlanding #ChinaTravel #ChinaOverland #Xinjiang #TarimBasin #Kashgar #Kuqa #Turpan #Dunhuang #MogaoCaves

  11. China Overland Part 2 is live: Kashgar to Golmud around the Tarim Basin. Kuqa bazaar, Qiuci music, Subashi Buddhist Ruins, Bosten Lake, Turpan karez, Flaming Mountains, Bezeklik, Tuyugou, Hami, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, and the G215 high-desert run. China did not do small. Our tires noticed.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #SilkRoad #Overlanding #ChinaTravel #ChinaOverland #Xinjiang #TarimBasin #Kashgar #Kuqa #Turpan #Dunhuang #MogaoCaves

  12. China blog drop: two foreign vehicles from Sary-Tash to Irkeshtam, Wuqia paperwork purgatory, temporary plates, one dramatic VIN plate, then Kashgar Old Town with tea houses, nang, music, camels, Id Kah Mosque square, and Silk Road night magic. Overlanding. With forms. Many forms. China did not do small. Two trucks. One border. Zero shortcuts. Forms with scenery.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #SilkRoad #Overlanding #ChinaOverland #Kashgar #Xinjiang

  13. China blog drop: two foreign vehicles from Sary-Tash to Irkeshtam, Wuqia paperwork purgatory, temporary plates, one dramatic VIN plate, then Kashgar Old Town with tea houses, nang, music, camels, Id Kah Mosque square, and Silk Road night magic. Overlanding. With forms. Many forms. China did not do small. Two trucks. One border. Zero shortcuts. Forms with scenery.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #SilkRoad #Overlanding #ChinaOverland #Kashgar #Xinjiang

  14. We crossed into Kazakhstan at Kurmangazy–Kotyaevka, then stopped at the village gate: wait, why doesn’t it say Kotyaevka?

    Because Kotyaevka became Bökeyhan in 2022. The road, maps, and truck talk still say Kotyaevka. Borders are stubborn.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Travel #Kazakhstan #Overlanding #SilkRoad #Travel

  15. We crossed into Kazakhstan at Kurmangazy–Kotyaevka, then stopped at the village gate: wait, why doesn’t it say Kotyaevka?

    Because Kotyaevka became Bökeyhan in 2022. The road, maps, and truck talk still say Kotyaevka. Borders are stubborn.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Travel #Kazakhstan #Overlanding #SilkRoad #Travel

  16. 葫 (ninniku) is waiting on learn.japanology.nl. Try the quiz and Kiko will check tomorrow if you remember it. We start with the easy stuff there, no barbarians required. If you happen to be near Leiden and would rather learn it in person, in Dutch, that is japanology. nl. #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology #Etymology #Garlic #SilkRoad #ZenBuddhism

  17. 葫 (ninniku) is waiting on learn.japanology.nl. Try the quiz and Kiko will check tomorrow if you remember it. We start with the easy stuff there, no barbarians required. If you happen to be near Leiden and would rather learn it in person, in Dutch, that is japanology. nl. #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology #Etymology #Garlic #SilkRoad #ZenBuddhism

  18. We drove Uzbekistan’s Silk Road in Shehzadi the Toyota Tundra: Kazakhstan border to Jartepa, 4,500 km of Tashkent metro marble, Kamchik Pass, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Urgench, Kyzyl-Kala, Aydarkul, wrong turns, yurt-camp firelight, and FIRE freedom in motion.

    Full post:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Travel #Uzbekistan #SilkRoad #FIRE

  19. We drove Uzbekistan’s Silk Road in Shehzadi the Toyota Tundra: Kazakhstan border to Jartepa, 4,500 km of Tashkent metro marble, Kamchik Pass, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Urgench, Kyzyl-Kala, Aydarkul, wrong turns, yurt-camp firelight, and FIRE freedom in motion.

    Full post:
    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #Travel #Uzbekistan #SilkRoad #FIRE

  20. E60/AH5 trans-Eurasia hwy: The E60 starts in Brest, France, and runs to the Chinese border. The AH5 connects China to Turkey. Here in Uzbekistan, they overlap as the M37—a single, absurdly massive ribbon of tarmac spanning continents with a straight face. It’s the ultimate global commute, mapping modern freight over the ancient logic of the Silk Road. Europe to Asia, served with a side of existential dust.
    🌍 thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/
    #VagabondCouple #SilkRoad #Uzbekistan #Overlanding #travel

  21. E60/AH5 trans-Eurasia hwy: The E60 starts in Brest, France, and runs to the Chinese border. The AH5 connects China to Turkey. Here in Uzbekistan, they overlap as the M37—a single, absurdly massive ribbon of tarmac spanning continents with a straight face. It’s the ultimate global commute, mapping modern freight over the ancient logic of the Silk Road. Europe to Asia, served with a side of existential dust.
    🌍 thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/
    #VagabondCouple #SilkRoad #Uzbekistan #Overlanding #travel

  22. New blog: Kazakhstan overland from the Russia border to Uzbekistan — Kurmangazy, Makat, Aktobe, Aralsk, the Aral Sea, Baikonur, Qyzylorda, Turkistan, Shymkent, and Saryagash. Bactrian camels, dry seabeds, rockets, blue domes, and border paperwork. Civilization, basically.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #Kazakhstan #Overlanding #SilkRoad #CentralAsia

  23. New blog: Kazakhstan overland from the Russia border to Uzbekistan — Kurmangazy, Makat, Aktobe, Aralsk, the Aral Sea, Baikonur, Qyzylorda, Turkistan, Shymkent, and Saryagash. Bactrian camels, dry seabeds, rockets, blue domes, and border paperwork. Civilization, basically.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #Kazakhstan #Overlanding #SilkRoad #CentralAsia

  24. Almanya'dan gelen aile, 19,000 km İpek Yolu Rallisi'ne bi' yolculuk! Doğu-Batı dostluk ve kültür birleştiren bu macerada küçük akılları önünde. Deneyimlerinizi paylaşın! #Thread #SilkRoad #FamilyVibes

    🚩 #Thread #SilkRoad #FamilyVibes

  25. New blog: our #Russia overland leg from #Georgia to #Kazakhstan via Verkhny Lars, Vladikavkaz, Dagestan, Astrakhan, the Volga-Caspian corridor, and one suspicious pontoon bridge. Add GRU questions, scanned devices, jammed GPS, KPP-105, Bochkari Cola, and #SilkRoadAdventure Road history under the tires. Normal Tuesday, clearly.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #travel #VagabondCouple #RussiaOverland #SilkRoad #Overlanding #RoadTrip #Astrakhan #Kazakhstan #Caucasus #Travelblogger #TravelVlog