Hi guys,
I haven't posted anything here for quite a while. We were very busy in the last weeks. Our blog is more and more successful which means more and more work with it as well.
We spend the last six weeks in Central Asia, which was a very eventful and interesting part of our travels. We got invited to attend the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan, which was the first bigger sponsored trip we were part of and a great experience for us.
The Games itself were so cool and interesting! There were so many new things for us to explore. From strange but interesting sports events to amazing nature around the Issy Kul lake and super-rich culture there was so much to see in this week! If you want to read more about the World Nomad Games have a look at one of our latest articles: https://www.travelsofabookpacker.com/blog/world-nomad-games-kyrgyzstan
The amazing mountains in Kyrgyzstan are a hikers paradise! We've seen plenty of gorgeous mountain valleys, crossed snowy peaks and passed by high altitude lakes. There are not many places in the world we came across by now, they can compare with the beauty and remoteness of the Kyrgyz mountains. A must for every mountain lover! Read more about Kyrgyzstan on our blog... https://www.travelsofabookpacker.com/central-asia/
Now we are in Uzbekistan the land of tiles :-)
We are very impressed by the stage of development in this former unknown to us country.
Most of the places we've visited have high-quality guest houses and hotels well-preserved tourist attractions and a very advanced high-speed train network.
It is a Muslim country and has been for centuries before the oppression by the Soviet Union, which is visible in every part of the country by the beautiful mosques and impressive madrasses.
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Samarkand has the biggest and most impressive architectural sights. Which is truly amazing to see! The tiles and colours reminded us a lot about Iran.
We have some great plans for the next couple of months too before we finally reach New Zealand. We'll fly from Tashkent to Singapore and explore Malaysia a bit before we have a couple of weeks each in Borneo and the Philippines.
From there we'll fly to Australia and have a look around Sydney and Melbourne before we finally get to Wellington.
So, be excited for more interesting posts in the coming weeks!
Haven't been to any of these countries - seems like a great adventure. Congratulations on getting the sponsorshiped trip :D Traveling is one of those fields where there is no conflict of interest (or its minimal) cause travel writers (youtubers) usually visit the world in a upbeat, positive manner anyway, looking for things that are interesting and different etc Not many would want to read or watch travelers moan and complain ha ha! ;p So it's not that much of a problem to incorporate sponsorship into travel blog and I imagine it can be nice to recognized, travel somewhere you wouldn't otherwise, save money and so on :))
Compare it with for example tech reviews where writers have to be picky and critical almost by default - in this case sponsorship is way more tricky (not impossible though).
Wishing you all the best and many more exciting adventures :}
PS. Oh, and you should make a post about Nomad Games here on Steemit as well :)
Thank you for your comment, I completely agree! We carefully choose our sponsorships and just do things we truly can recommend.
But you're right its fairly easy with unknown travel destinations. But we believe these places deserve a bit more attention, because we've seen so many nice places in Central Asia. Should be on the radar of more people, especially for nature lovers!
I hope I find the time soon to put some words together about the Nomad Games, it's definitely worth it!
Las descripciones de las travesías siempre son interesantes y más cuando se describen monumentos históricos. Como arquitecto que tengo una visión más volumétrica de los edificios, les aconsejo sacar fotos de un edificio de distintos ángulos, lo que permite hacerse una idea cabal del los espacios envolventes y que terminan dándole más vida a esa sucesión de fotos de un mismo elemento. Y felicitaciones por disfrutar de los viajes.
Sorry, my Spanish is not brilliant, thanks for the comment anyway.