FERGANA

SILK FACTORY IN FERGANA

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May 7th 2007
Gisele our truck left a few days earlier, Toni drove through Tajikistan and we'll meet up with them in Kokand, the morning of our departure we said goodbye to the people getting off in tashkent, sad moment but the trip must go on, we took taxis to get to Kokand over a mountain pass called Kimchik pass, it is very strict here no photos allowed, it could be a sensitive military outpost as there wer ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan

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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