Osh is the 2nd biggest city in Kyrgystan. It is one of the oldest cities in the world. They celebrated their 3000th birthday in 2000. The bazaar claims to be older than Rome. Depending who you believe it was founded by King Soloman or Alexander the Great or any number of people of that era. WHAT A DISAPOINTMENT. The bazaar is nearly 1/3 of the town but just a collection of tin boxes. Made out of corregated iron about 3mtr square and all selling the usual mass pro...

Hi Everyone Im back on the net and have I got heaps to tell you. The last week or so I have been in Xinjiang in far western China on my way to the Silk road. There were riots in Urumqi (I bet you all say that wrong) last year and since then the government has had the internet blocked to the whole province. They can only get one local site. China are the biggest internet users in the world but it is hopeless trying to get on. If you do the pop ups cum up in Chines...