UZBEKISTAN UNVEILED 20191106_093120

November 23rd 2019
03 Nov: Starting the day at break of dawn was not everybody's cup of tea but I loved it! A one hour flight got us to Urgench from where we drove to Khiva, a small, walled city with labyrinthine alleyways and dazzling turquoise-domed mosques. Enroute was the cotton fields, then modern Khiva , nice clean roads and no frill apartments. THEN we entered the gates of Khiva! Wow! Inspite of all the pi ... read more

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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

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Aradhana Rana

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I am a Masters in Nutrition from Lady Irwin but a teacher of English by profession and now I run a Senior Secondary School of my own. I am also an author and have ten published books to my credit on Spoken English and Grammar for students and keen adult learners. Some contradictions in life have made it interesting and I have enjoyed this journey for 64 years now. A keen traveller, I travelled with my husband,through India while he served the nation as an army officer, Now after retirement, he is my partner in running the school and travelling overseas lands. We started travelling late in... full info

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