Khiva, Oct 2019 Oct 22, 2019 We left Bukhara by train once again, this time to Khiva, another ancient city on the Silk Road. There were no high-speed trains on this route, so it took us 5.5 hrs. on this slower train in business class; at a cost of 131,490 Uzbek Som or US$12.50 each….
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Bukhara, Oct 2019 Oct 18, 2019 After a very nice time in Samarkand, it was time to move to Bukhara, Uzbekistan. To get to Bukhara from Samarkand, we had purchased tickets on the Afrosiyob high speed train the day before, from the ticket office in Samarkand. Prices were very reasonable; about $10 per person, business…
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More Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Oct 2019 Oct 16, 2019 After the nice time at the Samarkand Restaurant on the first night of our visit to Uzbekistan, we spent the next few days checking out the amazing places of historical importance in Samarkand. But first, a little bit about Samarkand; to put things into perspective. From Wikipedia;…
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Oct 2019 Oct 13, 2019 After a few nice days in Dushanbe, it was time to move onto our next destination, Uzbekistan. Our plan had been to fly from Dushanbe to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, as we were tired of being on the road. So we researched flights, and found that direct…
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Dushanbe, Oct 2019 Oct 10, 2019 We spent a couple more days in Dushanbe checking it out some more; as it is a pleasant, clean city. A little more about Dushanbe, which translates to Monday in Persian. It is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of early 2020, Dushanbe had a population of 870,000. Until 1929, the city was…
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