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Secrets of Central Asia

Under bright blue domes, pilgrims draw close to the tombs of saints to pray. Voices in tangled alleyways reveal a bewildering patchwork of languages and cultures: Tajik, Uzbek, Dari, Farsi, even Russian. Close by, traders barter their wares in bazaars, haggling over everything from spare tyres to pigeons, whilst high in the mountains yak-herding nomads sip chai in warm, felt yurts, much as they have for countless centuries. A fabulous diversity of Central Asia, a remote and romantic region long hidden from foreign travellers.

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