This post is part of a series called Silk Road Uzbekistan Oct 2019 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…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Uzbekistan Oct 2019 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…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 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…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 Dushanbe, Oct 2019 Oct 8, 2019 After a wonderful few days in Khorog, we made our way to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. There were no flights from Khorog to Dushanbe, and the National Airline (Tajik Air) had ceased to operate a…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Tajikistan Sept-Oct 2019 October 5, 2019 After the Pamiri wedding celebrations the previous evening, we got up at the Serena Inn and had a very nice leisurely breakfast. The plan was to spend several days in Khorog, in part to recuperate from the strenuous trip…
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