Break down on the Road to Saly!

On 4 Jul 202329 Jun 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn travel, Vlog, West AfricaLeave a comment

G'day there! My final stop before I hit Dakar, Senegal, was the beach town of Saly, 80km south of Dakar. And so it was that I took two share taxis (changing from one to the other in a city called Thies) for this journey. And yes - for the first time in the entire 3-month …

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Epic Journeys – Bishkek to Tashkent

On 10 Dec 202021 Oct 2020 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Central Asia, travel9 Comments

Today I recount a special journey from 2011 - I travel through not one, not two but three countries on my way from the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, to the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

Epic Journeys – Samarkand to Khiva, Uzbekistan

On 15 Oct 202016 Sep 2020 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Central Asia, travel6 Comments

Today I’m talking about the day I left Samarkand, last year, to make my way to destination Khiva, via Bukhara across the Uzbek desert. No border crossings involved in this travel expedition, but it was a journey of around 728 kilometres and there was one key factor I think that makes these sort of journeys epic – I wasn’t 100% sure I would reach my destination by the end of the day. Let's see how it went!