Back of Beyond - for real!

[Ignatieff]

The sickness has now entered its final stages.....I'm now booked with my 18 year son on a three week trekking holiday in September to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan!  Hoping to visit the sites of at least seven of our battles and almost all our campaigns, and will be mighty disappointed if they've got their terrain wrong!

[marianas_gamer]

This is great and I am totally jealous!  Are you going by the Dali Soapy's airship?  I would also beware of Mexican restaurants in the area 
LB

[John Grant]

What a coincidence, my wife and I are contemplating (only contemplating at the moment) a trip to Uzbekistan this year. I might wait until you come back before we go.

Actually I have just noticed you're not going until September and if it happens we will have been and come back before you go so I may be able to tell you all about it!!

John

[H.M.Stanley]

Right you two! I'm thinking about my present list 

Enjoy. And we want photos gentlemen

[Centaur_Seducer]

Now that's bloody awesome. And probably a bit dangerous

[Wirelizard]

Very, very cool. You lucky sod - and your son is even luckier, doing that sort of trip at 18!

Take loads of photos, please, especially of the sorts of features and buildings we need on BoB tabletops - old-fashioned farms and rural buildings, countryside details, that sort of thing!

[OSHIROmodels]

Best of luck Steve 

Second the request for hundreds, if not thousands, of photos 

cheers

James

[Centaur_Seducer]

Am I wrong, or is the Kyrgistan bordet the same lenght as the distance between the UK and the states?

[Ignatieff]

Am I wrong, or is the Kyrgistan bordet the same lenght as the distance between the UK and the states?

You've got me there   Photographs by the bucket load promised gentlemen.  And Mr. Grant, assuming you make it back safely, a full debrief please!

[Ignatieff]

This is great and I am totally jealous!  Are you going by the Dali Soapy's airship?  I would also beware of Mexican restaurants in the area 
LB

That's the bit I'm really looking forward to!  Sadly the Leicestershire/Kyrgyzstan 'Yak Air' route was never reinstated after the unfortunate incident involving the fire eater and the paraffin salesman.

[Totleben]

Have fun. I have heard it is great there.
:-)

[argsilverson]

Hi Steve,

Nice trip you have planned!
The centre of the "silk road"
Ofcourse you will see Bukhara  Samarkand etc

Of course you will see the blue Gur-i-Amir !!

Have fun and return with much inspiration for the next games!!!!

[Centaur_Seducer]

You've got me there   Photographs by the bucket load promised gentlemen.  And Mr. Grant, assuming you make it back safely, a full debrief please!

I got myself there to be honest I blame sick watch and puking family members (they apparently don't possess the supreme genes). My question was if Kirgystan was the country whos borders to russia (the total length) was the same length as the distance over the atlantic between the UK and the US. And thus, I'm implying that it will be bloody long trekk ahead of you

[Ignatieff]

I got myself there to be honest I blame sick watch and puking family members (they apparently don't possess the supreme genes). My question was if Kirgystan was the country whos borders to russia (the total length) was the same length as the distance over the atlantic between the UK and the US. And thus, I'm implying that it will be bloody long trekk ahead of you

Lake Issyk Kul will be enough!

[coggon]

This is somewhat reminiscent of the old "Great Game" days.   British officers on "holiday" going off into the Back of Beyond on "shooting trips".     

So have fun on your "trekking"  trip, and I hope you don't run into any Russians on "geological" holidays