Baku by night

Leg 6 - The Stans - Part 1

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October 9th 2009
Camels to the left of me, Jackals to the right, Here I am, stuck in the middle of U-zbekistan. A blatant rip off the Stealers Wheels' lyrics it may be, but all three statements stand true nonetheless. Why I'm here, stuck in the middle of Uzbekistan, and how I got here, well that will be revealed soon enough. As chance would have it, there was a clown to the left of me – Guy Laliberté, the ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

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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