Uzbekistan.....a journey along the Silk Road...the caravan stops of Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand with their mermerising, almost mystical skylines of mosques, minarets and medressas set against a backdrop of desert sands.
Add to the mix... a paranoid police state born out of the collapse of the Soviet Union... corruption... the hangover of Soviet bureaucracy...desolate landscapes blighted by environmental disasters... a Central Asian country virtually unknown to the outsider.
Friday, 15 May 2009
The Journey commences
Tashkent Railway Station and a rather strange statue - a 20 hour train trip to Urgench (Khiva) awaits! Isn't it about time I retired from this lark!
Tashkent Railway Station and a rather strange statue - a 20 hour train trip to Urgench (Khiva) awaits! Isn't it about time I retired from this lark!
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