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The route looping round to Abakan from Tuva via Askiz is scenically varied, often beautiful and mesmerisingly vast in scale, though the Chinggis Khaan stone near Ak-Dovurak is the only real ’sight’. Independent travellers should be aware of Western Tuva’s fearsome reputation for wild lawlessness and unprovoked knife attacks. Even other Tuvans are nervous about travelling without a truly local companion. Sayan Ring tours come this way.
At km107, the grassland route from Kyzyl passes dramatic Mt Khayyrakan, a spiky ridge blessed by the Dalai Lama in 1992. Chadan town (Chadaana) is attractively dotted with wooden cottages and there’s an appealing little museum(ul Lenina 33; 9am-4pm Mon-Fri), but the guesthouse (aalchylar bazhyngy; ul Pobedy 1) closed in 2003. Stay off those mean streets at night.
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