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Samarkand: The Legend Of The Silk Road

Samarkand: The Legend Of The Silk Road

by Richard Collett | May 18, 2017 | FROM THE ROAD, Uzbekistan

‘For Lust Of Knowing What Should Not Be Known, We Take The Golden Road To Samarkand’- James Elroy Flecker. The Silk Road city of Samarkand has long lured travellers and conquerors in search of wealth and the exotic in Central Asia. In 1913 British poet...
Bukhara: Dark Tourism On Uzbekistan’s Silk Road

Bukhara: Dark Tourism On Uzbekistan’s Silk Road

by Richard Collett | May 4, 2017 | DARK TOURISM, FROM THE ROAD, Uzbekistan

Bukhara, the beautiful Silk Road City with a dark history. Bukhara is majestic. It’s beautiful. Sand stone buildings, tall minarets and vast mosques greet the traveller who arrives in what is one of Uzbekistan’s, and Central Asia’s finest...
Khiva: The Old City Of Uzbekistan

Khiva: The Old City Of Uzbekistan

by Richard Collett | Apr 21, 2017 | FROM THE ROAD, Uzbekistan

It had taken weeks to reach the old city of Khiva. I’d crossed the Caspian Sea, travelled through the endless desert of Kazakhstan and then down into the boundless waste of Uzbekistan’s remote and arid Karakalpakstan province, past the rusting...
Moynaq: The Rusting Ships Of The Aral Sea

Moynaq: The Rusting Ships Of The Aral Sea

by Richard Collett | Oct 29, 2016 | ABANDONED PLACES, Uzbekistan

Moynaq: The Rusting Ships Of The Aral Sea The rusting ships of the Aral Sea are grounded in the deserts of the once thriving fishing town of Moynaq Uzbekistan. “Mister! Taxi! Taxi!” I’d just stepped off the 24 hour train from Kazakhstan and into the...
How To Get An Uzbekistan Visa In Baku!

How To Get An Uzbekistan Visa In Baku!

by Richard Collett | Sep 10, 2016 | Azerbaijan, SURVIVAL GUIDES

This Survival Guide Will explain exactly how to get an Uzbekistan visa in Baku, Azerbaijan! Uzbekistan! The Central Asian country where the ancient Silk Road meets the Soviet Union! There’s deserts, stunning mosques, dried up seas, delicious Plov to eat and...
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