Autumn in southern Kyrgyzstan provided us spectacular layers of variegated landscape. Our driver exhibited remarkable patience with our endless requests of "maybe, stop, photo" in broken Russian. Taken in the Alay Valley between Osh and Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
This man shows us how to bake a somsa (Central Asian pastry stuffed with meat and onions) on the side of a tandoor-like oven. Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Dig deeper into Central Asian Cuisine and find out the best and worst of food and markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia.