Madygen - a Possible Future Excursion?

I came across THIS ARTICLE in New Scientist because I was seeing many photos of colourful rock strata, most of which looked as if they had been "improved" greatly - see the two examples below - they are photos of the same place!

Eventually I found the following photo which seems relatively untouched by Photoshop.

The accompanying article was equally interesting. It concerns the attempt to get the Madygen area declared a Geopark. Madygen is in Kyrgyzstan and was once part of the USSR.

Geologically the area has a lot going for it - rocks, fossils, a fascinating geological history. It is everything else which is going to make things difficult. If you thought the North West Highlands was remote, this part of Kyrgyzstan is (almost) out of this world. 

To be recognised by UNESCO, a Geopark must have tourist infrastructure, including trails, information signage and places to stay nearby. The Batgen Region of Kyrgyzstan, where Madygen is, is the poorest of the country and almost everything is not there!

And to make things worse, most of the geological knowledge of the area is held in the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

I hope that the area becomes a Geopark but I suspect it will be a few years before I will be advertising excursions to the area.