Wedding party posing for pictures at Registan Square in Samarkand

Silk Road: Tashkent, Bukhara, and Samarkand

April 8th 2013
3 April 2013 Wednesday. We checked in with Air Astana at 2:15 am for the 4:15 am flight to Almaty, Kazakhstan. The flight was uneventful, landing at 4:10 am with the time zone changes. Then we had a 5 ½ hour layover where we stretched out on benches to try to sleep. Looking through the duty free shops didn’t help the time fly any faster. We took off at 9:45 am bound for Tashkent, Uzbekistan ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

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

26th December 2013

Greg Harper
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Inspiring
My wife Catherine and I just started thinking about the Silk Road after reading some Muslim history: Ibn Fadlan. Your blog is clear and inspiring. Thanks. We blog as GregCath G

3rd February 2014

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Bob Carlsen

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but I've found your membership. You are quite the travelers. I'm now Following you and hope to get first to your South America blogs as we are headed to Peru and Bolivia in September. I hope you follow the Silk Road soon!

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