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	<title>Abarajame la Bañera &#187; Central Asia 2014</title>
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		<title>At the Gateway to Hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously told, Turkmenistan&#8217;s wealth is mainly based on its rich oil and gas reserves, and already the Russians had come to the idea of looking for those natural resources. Although no one seems to know what really happened 40 &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/at-the-gateway-to-hell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Turkmenbashi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After almost 4 successful unforgettable weeks in Central Asia, the destination with most doubts and open questions about was yet to come: Turkmenistan – the region&#8217;s own version of North Korea. We had heard many horror stories from people being &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/the-great-turkmenbashi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Saddest Ecological Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lonesome in the country&#8217;s western part was our last destination in Uzbekistan, the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan. The first place we arrived to was the Karakalpak capital Nukus, a more or less empty city with wide tree-lined avenues and a &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/worlds-saddest-ecological-disaster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>1001 Nights along the Silk Road</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least partly thanks to Uzbekistan&#8217;s quite well-maintained train network, it was surprisingly comfortable to visit the Big Three – Central Asia&#8217;s probably most-famous highlights: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva. Indeed there is not so much to tell and write about all marvellous &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/1001-nights-along-the-silk-road/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Police Control, Let Us Check Your Bags and Passports Please!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding the immigration and customs regulations so far, entering both countries we had visited was totally hassle-free: visa-on-arrival, nothing to declare, few police controls, fast and effective procedures. With respect to their political situation and the tedious work we had &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/police-control-let-us-check-your-bags-and-passports-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yurt Sweet Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2014 15:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, enough relaxing lazy times at the beach, finally it was time for us to move on and do something more adventurous again. So we took a marshrutka to the little town of Kochkor (and survived its tire blowout which &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/yurt-sweet-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Luckily They Have Mountains and Lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still being a bit overwhelmed and perhaps too confident about the easiness of taking a hitch in Central Asia, after the surprisingly uncomplicated border crossing to Kyrgyzstan, we jumped onto the passenger seats of an old pickup. The driver was &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/09/luckily-they-have-mountains-and-lakes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to South-East Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without really knowing what would expect us during the following 4 weeks, we started our journey in Almaty, Kazakhstan&#8217;s most important hub (but not capital, since it has been replaced by Astana). Living in decent Almaty Backpackers Hostel, we spent &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/08/hitchhikers-guide-to-south-east-kazakhstan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Please tell me once more: where do you travel to this time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. Okay, and where the hell is that? – in Central Asia, where you&#8217;ll find literally nothing when looking on your atlas. Uh, and then why would one go there? – Exactly for that reason. Well, I wish &#8230; <a href="http://swimthom.bplaced.net/wordpress/2014/08/please-tell-me-once-more-where-do-you-travel-to-this-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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