AT#172 - Bike Travel in Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2009

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Friedel from TravellingTwo.com about their continuing bike tour around the world. Friedel was on previously talking about travel to Iran and has come back to talk about the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. This region of the world offers adventure travelers deserts, tea houses, camels, wild horses, yurts, tea houses, spectacular mountains, friendly locals and fermented mares milk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.6	in my passport photo.
0:11.6	Amateur Traveler, episode 172.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about Caravans and the Silk Road and Central Asia. I see one more cathedral, I'm your
0:23.3	city one more cafe.
0:25.8	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:35.0	Before we get into today's interview, I do have some news stories for you.
0:39.0	The first one, a cold snap that hit the East Coast last week left a cruise ship ice-bound on the St Lawrence
0:46.6	River.
0:47.6	Nearly 400 people were stuck in the ice, but apparently we're having a festive time. Because as the cruise line put it they were in no danger and they hadn't run out of food
0:57.3	If you are going to New York City one hotel you might think about skipping even though it is a less expensive hotel
1:04.8	would be the hotel Carter. Why? Because it was recently ranked
1:09.4	the dirtiest foulest hotel in America by voters on Trip
1:13.3	advisor. The kind of things that were mentioned in the reviews were mice,
1:18.1	roaches, bedbugs, and crackheads living all over this, quote, hellhole.
1:23.5	Another quote is, the hotel itself smells
1:25.3	and is filthy from the disgusting bed spread
1:27.9	to the filthy bathroom.
1:29.8	All of that, and only $122 a night. For links to both of those stories as well as other news
1:35.9	items check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.
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