The Best In Central Asia Manisha recommended I go to the Abikan Kasteev State Art Museum, and the art in there was some of the best I've...

Charyn Canyon and Kolsai Lake Rohan and I met ridiculously early one morning, to jump on a tour bus to visit some amazing places around...

Back In Her Arms Don't get too excited. I'm talking about Mother Nature. I was ready to go bush, back to Pachamama, and felt like having...

Parts 1 to 3 As sad as it was, the time had finally come for me to leave China. Despite cycling over 2500km, and visiting scores and...

As sad as it was, the time had finally come for me to leave China. Despite cycling over 2500km, and visiting scores and scores of places...

Orthodoxic To my usual good fortune, I met the sweetest Kazakhi guy on the bus from Ürümqi. Bolsyn is a uni student who lives in Astana,...

Settling In I spent a few days and nights in Almaty, truncated by an overnight hiking trip into the hills, and a separate day tour with...

Parts 1 to 4 Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, northwestern China, is a massive city, very spread out, and with a population of about...

Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, northwestern China, is a massive city, very spread out, and with a population of about 3.5m. It's a...

Xinjiang Museum This amazing museum impressed me big time. It's absolutely huge, jam packed full of incredible art and artefacts from...

Erdaoqiao Bazaar The Erdaoqiao Market is a really beautiful and super interesting place to visit at night, it's jam packed full of...

Last Days In The Middle Kingdom So now the time has come for me to leave China, even though I feel like I just got here. I spent my last...

Parts 1 to 3 I jumped off the train, on a mission. It was stopping in Turpan for two minutes, and two minutes only. The hot air hit me...

I jumped off the train, on a mission. It was stopping in Turpan for two minutes, and two minutes only. The hot air hit me like a ton of...

The clever preservers of the Yarkhoto site have also completely reconstructed a nearby ancient local village, so you can get a real feel...

My Hood My little hotel was in a super interesting district. Right across the road was the main market, a fascinating place to explore,...

Parts 1 to 3 Picture, for a moment, an art studio and gallery that's over one and a half kilometres long, is built into a sheer cliff...

Picture, for a moment, an art studio and gallery that's over one and a half kilometres long, is built into a sheer cliff face near an...

Huangin Around I love Dunhuang. It's interesting. It's diverse. The people are super friendly. There's lots to eat and drink. I skipped...

A Magnificent Museum Some museums are as boring as camelshit, but the one here at Dunhuang is the complete opposite, as it's basically an...