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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Completing our tourist loop, we returned to Tashkent by shared taxi from Samarkand. This city was actually our favorite (despite there not being any real sites) because we stayed in a great hotel, did not feel like tourists and paid … finish reading Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Samarkand was the biggest and most expensive city we visited and with the sights spread out, there was a lot of walking to see everything between rain storms. The highlight for us was people watching in the bazaar and street … finish reading Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Coming from the enveloping city of Khiva, Bukhara was more open with grander architecture and too many tourists. The main delight though was wandering all the market streets looking for carpets and the hidden places where locals eat. We hit … finish reading Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Tagged architecture, bath, beautiful, beer, bukhara, car, carpet shop, city, dinner, earth, good, madrassa, market streets, persian style, photo, photograph, picture, pool, Rasa, samarkand, silk carpets, sunset, tapestries, tea, tour, tourists, tradition, uzbekistan, water
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Khiva, Uzbekistan
The old Silk Route trading town of Khiva was by far our favorite and most surprising city we visited in Uzbekistan. Entering through the old city walls to an explosion of color, markets and amazing architecture we completely forgot about … finish reading Khiva, Uzbekistan
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Tagged architecture, bath, bazaar, bird, bukhara, city, city walls, explosion, madrassa, maze, minaret, mud, picture, Rasa, silk route, tallest building, unfinished structure, uzbekistan
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The Aral Sea
The Aral Sea, our first stop in Uzbekistan, is probably one of modern Man’s best examples of how badly we can destroy an environment. From the moment we stepped off the plane until we arrived at our next stop, we … finish reading The Aral Sea
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Tagged agriculture, aral sea, architecture, bad, bath, bathroom, culture, depression, desert, dying town, fish, highlight, hotel, lunch, modern man, mom, photo, picture, plane, Rasa, sea, soviet architecture, Steppe, taxi, tea, tour, tradition, uzbekistan, water
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