Bukhara - More Mosques than you can poke a Shashkaleik at
May 5th 2007 I said it in my previous entry, but it deserves to be said again. This city has a lot of mosques. A lot. And if its not a mosque, then its a madressah (Islamic school). And if its neither, then its a tourist hotel. Thus, if you're a touring Islamic student, you'd have something to do in just about every building.
In the past, Bukhara was known as a center of wisdom - during the middle ages
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