Khiva from a minaret

Khiva - Khorezm

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September 5th 2008
Flew into Urgench on a Russian plane crossing both the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya which was quite interesting. The irrigated land is a channel of green in a sandy desert which stretches as far as the eye can see. I met Rafael and Claire two French travellers and we shared a taxi to Khiva from Urgench. The town itself is pretty amazing but with so much restoration and the quite numerous tourist ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Khiva

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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