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Touring Turkey Part 3: Pamukkale/Hierapolis, Konya, and Cappadocia (July 27 – 29)
The first stop on this part of my tour was to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale Springs and the Travertine Terraces. Pamukkale is Turkish for “cotton castle” and that is exactly what these … Continue reading
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Tagged “A Gift of Love” Deepak & Friends, Agora, Basilica Baths, Byzantine Orthodox churches, Cappadocia, Cave houses, Cavusin Village, Central Turkey, Christian Basilica, Cleopatra’s Pool, Devrent Valley, Frontinus Gate, Frontinus Street, Goreme Open Air Museum, Greek Ouzzo, Gymnasium of Hierapolis, Hierapolis, Hot mineral springs, Kaymakli Underground City, Konya, Latrina, Love Valley, Luxury cave hotel suite, Mausoleum, Mosque, Museum of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, Nature’s handy work of rocks, North side travertine pools, North Terraces, Northern Necropolis, Nymphaeum of Tritons, Pamukkale, Pamukkale Springs, Pasabag, Pigeon Valley, Red clay pottery, Red valley, Rose valley, Seljuk Turks, Southern Gate, Sunrise hot air balloon, Temple of Apollo, Theater, Tombs, Traditional folk show, Travertine Terraces, Turkey’s signature drink, Uchisar Castle, UNESCO, Whirling Dervishes, YENI RAKI
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A Night in the Gobi then Bukhara, Uzbekistan (July 16 – 19)
You have two options to reach Bukhara from Samarkand. You can drive 4 to 5 hours on an awful road. Or, you can take a modern high-speed train that makes the trip in comfort in an hour and a half. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great’s Nur Fortress, Ark Fortress, Bolo Haus Mosque, Bolo Haus Pond, Bukhara, Bukhara Old Town, Central Asia, Chashma Springs, Chashmai Ayub Mausoleum, Complex of Bhautdin Nakshband, Complex of Poi Kalon, Dome of Abdullakhan, Gobi, Gobi Desert, Hazrat Ali, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque, Lyabi Haus Complex, Madrassah Abdulazizkhan, Madrassah Kukeldash, Madrassah Nadir Divan-Begi, Madrassah Ulugbek, Madrassahs, Magoki Attorrri Mosque, Mausoleum of Samanids, Minarets, Mir-i-Arab Madrassah, Monument Chor Minor, Mosque, Mosques, Nurata, Quran, Samarkand, Silk Road, Statue of Hodji, Summer Palace of emir Sitorai Mokhi Khossa, Sunrise, Toki Sarrafon Trading Dome, Toki Tepak-Furushon Dome, Toki Zargaron Dome, Tomb of Ismoil Samoniy, Trading Domes, Uzbekistan, Yurt camp
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2019 Tajikistan (July 8 – 14)
As I began preparing my 9-month tour of Asia and the Middle East, I decided to work in a second visit to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to see the cities I missed in 2017 along the Old Silk Road. Since Hussain … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century Fortress and Citadel of Hissar Complex, Blue-domed Mosque of Shohi Zinda, Bukhara, Central Mosque, Dushanbe, Fan Mountains, Father of a consolidated Tajikistan, Hissir Mountains, Istaravshan, Khiva, Lake Iskandar (Tajik for Alexander), Madrasa Kuk-Gumbaz, Mausoleum of Mahdumi Abzam, Mehrgon Market, Men’s Madrassah, Monument to Ismoili Somoni, Mosque, Mugh Fortress, Navrous Palace, Old Silk Road, Panjakent traditional market, Park, Picnic lunch, Samarkand, Sarazm, Seven Marguzor Lakes, Statue of Abu Abd Allah Ja’far Rudaki, Statue of the Sleeping Buddha, Tajik National Antiquities Museum, Tajik Parliament, Tajiki wedding, Tajiki White House, Tajikistan, Traditional villages, Women’s Madrassah
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5 Stan/Caucus tour: Uzbekistan, October 11, 2017 & Tajikistan, October 12, 2017, October 13 – 14, 2017
Part 1: Uzbekistan, October 11, 2017 The group tour left Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan by plane on the morning of October 11 and was met by our Uzbeki tour guide at the Tashkent airport. The first thing I always do as soon … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 Stan/Caucus tour, Alexander the Great, Back to Almaty, Central Asia, Dushanbe, Fortification, Khujand, Khujand Historical Museum, Mausoleum of Sheikh Muslihiddin, Modern fortress, Mosque, Museum of Archaeology, Pamir-Alay mountains, Panjshanbe Market, Plav, Shared taxi/bus, Silk Road Tour, Statue of Commander Temumalik, Statue of the great Tajik-Persian Poet Rudaki, Tajiki foreign minister, Tajikistan, Tashkent, Uzbek Som, Uzbekistan, Visa
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