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If you’re looking for a destination that offers fascinating cultural history and very few crowds, Central Asia is for you. Particularly Turkmenistan, where modern excess and Soviet history breathe the same air. For tour guide Gianluca Pardelli, it’s one of the greatest places to bring travelers.
Pardelli is a travel expert with a wealth of knowledge about Central Asia. “I started traveling when I was 19, and I haven’t stopped,” he says. His first career was as a photojournalist, something he still dabbles in; after working for a…