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Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militants, economic stagnation, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization.To be updated

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By burningmatt
June 16th 2008

Pics! Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

At long last I've managed to upload another batch of photos... There are two new albums on my Shutterfly site, one of Singapore and Malaysia and another one of Thailand and Dubai. [View Full Entry]

By burningmatt
June 16th 2008

Mmm, pizza Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

So I've just had a delightful Italian meal. Hmm. OK, so I've just had a mediocre pizza. I'd like to point out that, much as I despise the way people go abroad and then just eat the food they eat at home, it is months since I had any Italian food. Also in my defence, the food here is getting decidedly monotonous. Central Asian cuisine is frozen in time, a time when they invented a fifth dish and ran out of fingers. There's not even much variation in the way each dish is made. Outside the capital cities it can be [View Full Entry]

By burningmatt
June 15th 2008

Duh Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

Now, much as I hate laughing at Americans, this one I overheard was just asking for it: Tourist: "So the mosque was built by Timur?" Guide: "Yes, in the 14th century." Tourist: "What religion was Timur then?" [View Full Entry]

By burningmatt
June 15th 2008

Here be dragons Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

So a couple of months after raving about how great the diving was with Reefseekers in the Komodo National Park, I'm sitting here uploading photos and killing time by reading the news. I've just stumbled across the news that five divers, including the divemaster I was raving about, were swept away in strong currents and almost eaten by a Komodo dragon. I said the currents were strong... And to think at the time I laughed when we all got swept away a few hundred metres by a current! [View Full Entry]

By burningmatt
June 14th 2008

Silly money Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

Slightly irritatingly, one of my attempts to withdraw dollars from a cash machine yielded a stack of slightly old $10 bills, a few of which are very slightly worn at the edges. Normally I wouldn't give two shits, but here this proves to be a problem. You take them to the exchange booth and the women take them off you with huge frowns on their faces, examine the notes under a microscope, sit there for a minute sucking air audibly, shaking their heads slightly and stroking their beards, and then fling the notes back at you. "Old. Cannot change." they exclaim. [View Full Entry]

By Matt Y
June 5th 2008

Uzbekistan Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Registan

A week inside a living museum. Uzbekistan has a perfect tourist trail with three fantastic cities to visit. Each has its own style but they fit together well. The tourist sites have been very well looked after (you could argue too well) with lots of restoration and re-building work having been done. Even the notorious police have been warned off from troubling foreigners - the one time I was stopped on the Tashkent underground the police man asked where I was from and demanded my passport, when I said I was from England and he waved me away before I even [View Full Entry]

By Christine and Terry
May 29th 2008

Uzbekistan: Land of Mosques, Minarets and Mausoleums Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Tamerlane - Father of Uzbekistan?

Leaving Iran We flew from Iran to Uzbekistan, (our first flight since leaving home) as getting a visa to travel over land through Turkmenistan takes a lot of time, needs a letter of invitation (expensive) and even then may be a bit hit and miss. It was 1am by the time we reached the Emam Khomeni airport and on the departure board was a BMI flight to London; it felt odd that having travelled for over six weeks to get this far we could just pop on a plane and be back in Heathrow in 6 hrs. We’d fully expected the [View Full Entry]

By kimgym
May 25th 2008

Friday and the weekend in Samarkand Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

The Registan

Samarkand Happy Memorial Day weekend to everyone! Our weekend was spent sitting on a train, wandering about the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, sightseeing, and shopping. I have to say that although being a tourist and sightseeing is fun, one weekend is enough at a time! I’m glad we are back in Tashkent and getting ready for another (half) week. We visited several popular places around the city, learned about the history from our tour guide on Saturday, and spent probably too much time in little shops within rooms of a historical mosque that used to be used as classrooms. Now they [View Full Entry]

By kimgym
May 22nd 2008

Wednesday and Thursday Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Demonstrating the use of lycra tunnel

Wednesday and Thursday Pictures coming soon Some fun things lately: 1. Taking action photos on our porch 2. Seeing Swan Lake, the ballet, in a nice theater in town on Weds evening 3. Eating locally made ice cream almost daily from the corner store for about 30 cents 4. Being crafty in our apt preparing things for the orphanage 5. Going really fast through a lot of traffic when the professional driver drove us to the orphanage one morning when we were extra late 6. Exploring the neighborhood like children, marveling at all of the things that are different from the [View Full Entry]

Demonstrating use of therapy ball on Tuesday

By kimgym
May 20th 2008

Monday/Tuesday Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Obdula

Monday Today we encountered some frustration and discouragement, as reality has begun to sink in about how much we will really be able to accomplish. After today we now have 4 more days left at the orphanage, and so much to do. Next week we are going to be at the neurological hospital for children. This morning started with an opportunity to use our flexibility and go with the flow skills. Our interpreter was called to a meeting at the last minute this morning, as some MTI staff are leaving tomorrow and a project proposal for the next fiscal year has [View Full Entry]

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