Uzbekistan - Khiva

Ministry of silly hats. Real fur and wool - cheap as chips.

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Methuselah On The Move - Update 4 (Khiva to Samarkand)

September 10th 2013
Sunday 1 Sept. Up at sparrow’s today, early breakfast and then off to the airport. Domestic this time, less hassles in that we didn’t have to go through customs and immigration. Other than that officialdom reigned. We had to go through three sets of check points. The first was about 40 metres from the car park – here we had our passports checked and proof that we were flying shown. People f ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand » Samarqand

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

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