Ed looking at some of the most beautiful rugs!!

Bukhara, Samarkand and rural visits

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May 15th 2023
Ok, this blog will also be mainly pics. This is a country that will take time for us to process once we are home. Each day we saw a different section of the country tracing its 2500 years of history. And unlike Egypt, most of the history completely unknown to us. Overall, it is an agricultural based country, carved out of the desert. The scale, detail and beauty of the 3 main silk route ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan

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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... ... read more