Uzbekistan October 2012
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Uzbekistan is one of two double-landlocked countries in the world
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Around the 14th century, the land occupied a critical place on the Silk Road. Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva were world famous for trade.
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Although today the Aral Sea is disappearing due to the insatiable thirst of cotton.
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Khiva today has an old town that may not look much different from 500 years ago.
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Minarets dominate the skyline
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While hundreds of columns dominate the interiors of long ago built mosques
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The men are not naturally friendly
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Although the women can be welcoming
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…and the children playful.
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Nan bread baked in tandoor ovens was invented here, and later brought to India
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We ate a lot of bread…
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…and fresh fruits and vegetables…
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…sold by enterprising women.
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Farewell Khiva, as we drive through the Qyzyl Kum (Red Sand) Desert along the Amu Darya (Oxus) River bordering Turkmenistan to…
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Bukhara!
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WHERE ANCIENT MADRASSA
Where ancient madrassa…
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Featuring mythical birds, men in the moon and pigs…
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…and amazing design work…
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…stand next to Jewish temples hundreds of years old once supporting thousands of families.
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Small houses lead to…
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…perfectly symmetrical mausoleums…
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…and picture perfect mosques.
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Market sellers love to give us a taste of everything…
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…and we attract everyone’s attention.
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…especially when it is time to eat.
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We ate a bit ourselves, and chose our food from the thoughtfully designed menus
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Timurlane, conqueror of most of Asia and responsible for 17 million deaths in the 14th century is now being rehabilitated into a folk hero. In his birthplace his statue replaced Lenin’s, and now stands guard next to wedding parties and ferris wheels.
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A local market provides a stop along the road to…
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Samarkand
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…whose beauty cannot be captured in a photo…
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…but lunch can…
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and
…along with the faces of children.
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Beautiful vistas are everywhere.
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The Synagogue is difficult to find…
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…but the beauty of the country stays forever.
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The End