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Re: Transoxania (Uzbekistan)
Samarqand, Part II Samarqand was the first place that we encountered foreigners in any numbers (previously, we had seen two French guys in Khiva). We stayed at the Bahodir B&B. It's listed in the lonely planet, and is about 150 meters from the Registan, north, in the direction of the Bazaar. The Bahodir is quite nice. It… -
Transoxania (Uzbekistan)
After a few days of processing RAWs and catching up on sleep, I'm ready to begin posting some pics of my trip. This will have to go up a bit piecemeal, post by post for the whole trip over a couple of days so please bear with me. General Info Quick and Dirty- Uzbekistan is a newly independent country (since 1991) formerly… -
Re: Transoxania (Uzbekistan)
But I digress.... Back to the Topic at Hand, that is to say, our trip. To the Aral.... AND BEYOND! I had meticulously planned our trip, even making a little calendar marking where we would be and having pictures of the moon phases for night photography. Our first planned action was to fly from Tashkent way out west to… -
Re: Transoxania (Uzbekistan)
The Capmakers' BazaarThe Bazaars in Bukhara, as mentioned before, don't really compare to those in Turkey. But they do have some nice covered archways, and the prices are quite reasonable. You can get silverwork... carpets (I even saw one with the face of Lenin woven into it, but my wife refused to let me buy it)...…
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