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Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley spent three months cycling through central Asia as part of an 18-month bike trip. Here is part one of five of their account, in which their trip is almost thwarted from the start.

Young artists stake their claim to the city’s open spaces.

Sylvia Kouvali’s Istanbul: Tophane

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent Matt Gross on a spontaneous journey to Tunisia.

Start by seeking out the country’s beer-brewing monks.

One traveler discovers a tradition even richer than the cuisine.

Born free, today’s post-apartheid generation asks, what’s next?

Split! Eight Quirky Border Towns

Embrace a rustic, woodsy vibe at these timber lodges such as the Fairmont Le Château Montebello in Quebec.

From a lakeside view, Afar writer reviews the first five-star hotel to open on Lake Como in a century.

Seeking the wonderfully disorienting effect of travel, writer Taras Grescoe ventures to Budapest, where bewilderment ensues.

Mexico City local, Alfonsina Peñaloza, tours us through her favorite places in the neighborhood of San Ángel.

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent writer Eric Weiner on a spontaneous journey to Liechtenstein.

The Ocucaje Desert holds some of the most important fossils in the world. And their only defender is a renegade guide with an eye for shark teeth.

An amateur baker apprentices with a Paris boulanger and learns the secret of artisan bread.