Postcard from Bishkek

At the moment, those people wanting to travel the Silk Road overland, they basically have to travel through Kyrgyzstan. It’s either up through Pakistan, (over the Khunjerab Pass from the Hunza Valley), or travel travel much further North and East and cross from Kazakhstan over the *** pass, or even further and travel through Mongolia. […]

For the last couple of years, here in Kyrgyzstan we have experienced a number of problems over border crossings.  As a result of the events of April 7th and later in June, the borders were closed and restrictions placed on people crossing into and from the neighbouring countries. The border with China re-opened almost straight […]