Registan

By train across Uzbekistan

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August 26th 2009
As most of the first part of this world tour was supposed to be about trains...a bit about trains. Our first attempt to by tickets (my failure with the auotmatic machine, was just converting an e-ticket, not buying one) was relatively easy, once we fond the office in Bukhara. The Soviet mentality shone through at Bukhara station, everyone on the platform...now wait for the train. Luckily ou ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

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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