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Central Asia – the Stans

by Erik Olsen on Oct 12, 2004

Any plans to visit one of the Stans this year?
An article in
Transitions Abroad
nicely delves into some of the stan basics for those who want to travel, live or work in this
far flung part of the world. How many stans can you name? Let’s see: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Lampoonistan…that’s four. Your turn.

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