Mizdakhan Cemetery

Goodbye Aral Sea

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May 9th 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 101 Thursday 28th April 2016 – Khiva to Nukus Leaving about 9.00am today so up at a reasonable time, thank goodness because our room’s window opens onto the balcony where breakfast is served and the tour group got out there just before the start of breakfast and rearranged tables and started singing and laughing - luc ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Moynaq

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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