FACES OF UZBEKISTAN...the Search for Tamburlaine

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November 26th 2021

Published: November 27th 2021

I discovered Tamburlaine during uni swat vacs...'cos I was not a diligent student. I'd head into the Hunter Valley to the wineries as you do. That's how a love for the red wine of Tamburlaine grew...the vineyard that is. On their bottles his image...an emperor on horseback. On old maps was 'the Jewel of the Old Silk Road'...Samarkand...the capital of the 14th C Empire of Tamburlaine. In 2017 ... Read Full Entry

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29th November 2021

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

I've always enjoyed your portraits of people...
I tend to take pictures of scenery, but portraits are better at telling the story of a country. And thanks again for the memories of my time in Uzbekistan.

1st December 2021

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

I've always enjoyed your portraits of people...
Uzbekistan has to be the friendliest country we have travelled in, Bob. I had difficulty choosing the portraits for this blog I had so many. Really made for a wonderous time as we travelled through the jewel of the Old Silk Road. Truly was highlighted by the people we met. Now gotta make the time to prepare the blogs to do the Uzbeks' justice!

9th January 2022

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

The Stans - we so want to go
We have for several years been talking about that we want to go to the Stans. There are several places there I want to visit and I am sure that there are hundreds of places that I've never heard of that are worth visiting too. But what really makes me want to go to the Stans are all the places where the names sound so exotic, like they came straight out of One Thousand and One Nights. Samarkand, Tashkent, Ashgabat... /Ake

14th January 2022

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

The Stans - we so want to go
For us in Australia to get to the Stans is an ordeal indeed as no direct route is available to those Down Under. Yet for resourceful Swedes as you and Emma are, Ake...should be easy. Maybe to run a half-marathon in the High Pamir of Tajikistan, or along the Old Silk Road past the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan or maybe the wide open plains of Kazakhstan. Your running shoes will be spoilt with choice. Dream on my friend...then make it happen.

20th January 2022

Tommy No Papers
TWR

Wonderful faces
Nothing better than a friendly face and a card with your name on it greeting you at the airport! I need to learn more about adventures in the Stans. Sounds like they would be right up my alley...one day.

22nd January 2022

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Wonderful faces
Thanks Tommy. We met so many fabulous folk in Uzbekistan that I introduced some of them before I blogged the fantastic times we had. This was our last trip pre-Covid and I kinda think my hermit status since has dulled my sharing gene. Just had our vac boosters so maybe that will kick me to get out more!!!

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