Category Archives: Uzbekistan

Where I Slept: Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Samarkand, Uzbekistan | 18 September, 2006 | $10 USD I looked back in time for the pose I wrote about Samarkand and was surprised to realize there isn’t one! How could I not tell you all about this historic place? … Continue reading

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Where I Slept: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 14 September, 2006 | $25 USD I arrived in Bukhara late after a long journey from Khiva involving four shared taxis and two buses (one of which broke down in the desert). Bukhara’s historic center is car-free … Continue reading

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Where I Slept: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 7 September, 2006 | $15 USD The owner tried to throw me out when I tried to bargain the price down but I managed to calm him down so I could recover from my pre-dawn flight from … Continue reading

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Updates

There’s a new Uzbek post up about Nukus and Moynaq backdated here. Where, you ask? I guess you’ll just have to read it to find out. Some little part of me really hopes that someone out there reading this is … Continue reading

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Souvenir City

Getting to Bukhara was more straight forward than my trip to Khiva. The son of my hotel’s owner drew me a map to the bus station and I walked out of the city walls into the new city. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading

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Tracking a Megan

Could it be? There’s new maps up! Okay, the Mongolian flag sucks and there’s no data for NW China or Kyrgyz but it’s something. If it makes you feel any better, I took a ton of souvenir and sketchbook photos … Continue reading

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Pinocchio

I really have to remember in the future not to tell hotel owners I’m a graphic designer. Sometimes they actually know what it means and then they always ask to make then a logo/brochure/web page. Today when I got back … Continue reading

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A Look at Kyrgyzstan

I know this is going to shock you all… but there’s new photos up! I finally found a good internet connection in Bukhara and just spent three hours working on the site for you guys instead of siteseeing. I’ve gone … Continue reading

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Empty Khiva

Getting to Khiva should have been relatively straight forward—a bus to Urgench and then a 45 minute taxi ride to Khiva. I bought a seat on the local bus to Urgench in Nukus, knowing it might take a little more … Continue reading

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The End of the Road

Karplakastan is a region in Northwest Uzbekistan which has had a really bad century. The entire region’s climate and economy has been greatly affected by The USSR’s draining of the Aral Sea in the 1960′s. What was once the world’s … Continue reading

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