Category: The Stans
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Agent FAM to Uzbekistan: Experience the Heart of the Silk Road
November 8–16, 2024 March 14-22, 2025 Come explore the heart of Central Asia on this agent-only introductory tour to Uzbekistan with Seattle- and Tashkent-…
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3 Ways to Travel the Silk Road
We understand the wanderlust of your clients. And with our nearly four decades of experience crafting adventures in this part of the world, there’s…
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Travel Inspiration: What’s New in Uzbekistan
1. Let’s start with the status of international flights into Uzbekistan – what’s the situation? Abdu: Uzbekistan Airways and other carriers have gradually increased…
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Lovin’ the Pamirs: Tajikistan’s Other Half
Jake Smith joined MIR’s Seattle staff after several years of living and working in Tajikistan, as well as traveling to the far corners of…
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Insider’s Guide to the Top 8 UNESCO Sites & Experiences in Uzbekistan
A quest for the quintessentially best in world travel can yield remarkable, thought-provoking experiences. Some travelers find such experiences in historic or natural UNESCO-listed…
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Krygyzstan: Why I Love This Unfamiliar Frontier
I can’t even count the extensive scouting trips I’ve taken through Central Asia, but those to the countryside of Kyrgyzstan, the Silk Road’s best kept secret, always stay…
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Remote Turkmenistan: 7 Surprising Ways to Go Off-the-Beaten-Path
The most mysterious and under-explored of Central Asia’s five ‘stans, Turkmenistan is an unparalleled travel destination like no other. Those who visit this little-known nation tend to focus…
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Up-and-Coming Uzbekistan: A Local’s 7 Great Reasons To Visit Now
Uzbekistan’s fabled Silk Road gems — Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva – with their exquisite Islamic architecture and spellbinding cache of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, have long…
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Secrets of Samarkand
Perhaps the most well known of Silk Road towns, Samarkand, the fabled oasis on the fringes of the Kyzyl Kum Desert, has been settled…
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What to Pack for Travel Along the Silk Road
Nearly everyone at the MIR office has traveled through several of the countries along the Silk Route. Besides the usual advice about comfortable shoes and…
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