Samarkand
April 22nd 2016 <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 89 Saturday 16th April 2016 – Tashkent to Samarkand
Moving city today and we are both excited about this one because we are going by train. Both love train travel and we take this option every time we can, so both were looking forward to Uzbekistan because we can get so much of it. Up at 6, for an early breakfast and a check out and then a t
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Tara Cloud
Not so mythical Samarkand!
Thanks for going there, so I don't have to! I've always dreamed of visiting what I'd imagined was a whole city of blue-tiled domes and being transported to some ancient time. And while the domes and the Registan are beautiful (great photos), I'm glad you let us in on all the reconstruction and how the place is rather commercial. Glad you found cold beer and didn't get hit by any falling masonry.