Two Englishmen ride horses from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent

    By Aizhan Tugelbayeva
    Two English travelers, writer Jamie Maddison and entrepreneur Matthew Traver, have decided to go by horse from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent, Tengrinews.kz reports.
    The two friends are currently in Almaty and will take a train to Ust-Kamenogorsk on May 30. Upon arrival, they will buy three local horses (two to ride and one to carry their belongings) and will move towards the mountain ridge on the border of Kazakhstan and China.
    After going to the Dzungarian Alatau, the travelers will ride to Shymkent, passing Almaty once again.
    They plan to sell the horses in Shymkent and then walk to Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
    If things go well, they maybe even will continue to Tajikistan. Their trip will last a total of four months.
    “We would like to repeat the route of Sir Charles Horward-Bury that we traveled 100 years ago. The idea of the trip emerged 3 years ago when we came to Kyrgyzstan. We like Central Asian culture, it is so diverse. It is interesting to learn local traditions and the nature is very beautiful,” they said.
    Maddisov and Traver plan to only bring bare necessities: a tent, warm clothes, solar charges for cameras, flash lights, mobile phones, food and medicines.
    They will buy food along the way and hope that people they meet on the way will help them if they run out of supplies get lost. They plan to spend $10 per person a day, www.tengrinews.kz wrote.