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Bukhara

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August 18th 2015
The drive to Bukhara was a strand one. Half of it was on pristine, German engineered motorway ... The other half was not. We had expected the drive to be 6 hours and it turned out to be about 8. This meant else arrived a little later than anticipated, but still with plenty of time to find one of the many hotels to stay in. We went straight for a cheap place that had I had been told about called ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Bukhara

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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