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A Bottle of Vodka, a Few Beers, Juicy Lamb Kababs then off to Khiva and finding my way out of Uzbekistan (July 19 – 21)
While in Bukhara, Shira talked me into visiting a Carpet Merchant friend of hers. I went into the demonstration sure I had no interest in purchasing anything. I was shown both wool and silk carpets made in the old way … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century Kunya Ark, 19th century Karavansaray of Ollukulikhan, 19th century Muhammand Rakimkhan Maddrassah, 19th century Tosh Hovli, Border Fiasco, Bukhara, Central Asia, Complex of Ichan Kala, Complex of Pahlavon Mahmu, Gobi Desert, Juma Mosque, Kalta-minor Minaret, Khiva, Khiva Old Town, Lamb Kababs, Mausoleum, Mausoleums of Pahlavon Mahmoud, Minorai Islom Khodja and Madrassha, Minorai Islom-Khodja, Muhammad Aminkhan Maddrssha, Mulberry Paper Making Business, old Citadel, Samarkand, Sayid Allavuddin and Shergozikhon, the 19th century Kalta Minor (Short Minaret), the 19th century Ollukulikhan Maddrassah, Tosh Hovli Palace, Turkey, UNESCO, Uzbeki-Tajiki, Uzbekistan
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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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Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The Rematch! (July 15 – 16, 2019)
If you have read my previous blog about my 2017 aborted visit to Uzbekistan after a brief one day tour of Tashkent – you are aware that I was unable to reenter the country after a short side trip to … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th-century Mausoleum of Amir Timur, Abu Ali ibn-Sina (Avicenna), Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Central Asian, Great sextant, king-sized Quran stand, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Observatory of Mirzo Ulugbek, Samarkand, Samarkand’s Registan Square, Shakhi Zinda Necropolis, Statue of the great Ulugbek, Timur’s heir Ulughbek, Ulugbek, Uzbekistan, Yalangtush Bahadur
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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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