Bukhara

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And then on to Bukhara. MOst chilled out and cheap place so far ...

Bukhara, again a key location on the Silk Road and in the Great Game. The town centres around the Labbi Hauz, the Hauz's where artificial ponds set up around the town to supply water to the residents. After everyone started dying of plague and various other diseases, they decided to drain them and a few have been now been renevated as place of interest for tourists. Labbi Hauz is surrounded by restaurants and tables where we sat and watched the world go by with a pot of tea, a beer ot two and the best Sashlick in Asia.

The rest of the town is a maze of little streets suddenly opening out on minarets, madrassahs, market stalls and bazaars. Kellie has started getting into the haggling, managing to get a poor old lady down from 30p to 26p for her bananas.

Beer of the week : Sarbast - good for washing down a kebab or two

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