Bukhara Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

This post has been delayed in posting for two reasons. The first is that a blog site host is banned in Iran by the Iranian government. The second is that even if it wasn't banned I wouldn't post this in Iran. So here it is: Shiraz has been one of the best places of our trip so far. We owe this to our host Roxanna and her wonderful family who loo...

Abarqu is a town west of Yazd halfway to Persepolis. It is known for an exceptional almost one-off palace dating from the Qajar era. It is an amazing complex and surprisingly, was well worth camping at the back of a vacant block to see. Abarqu has some other surprises such as a 4000 year old Cypress tree which looks in pretty damn good nick and ...

UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is another country we knew little about. By the start of the 19th century the entire region was dominated by three weak, feuding Uzbek city-states - Khiva, Bukhara and Kokand. Later in the century all the khanates had fallen to the Russians. Russian domination continued until independence in 1991, with Islam Karimov electe...

Bukhara, a famous silk road city, with lots of beautiful Madressas, Mosques and Minaret, feels like you are in a nice little fairy tale... well of course until it turns into a bloody nightmare. Well it was not that bad but certainly a mixed experience. Arriving in the old town I could not find my guesthouse and a 20 year old Tajik guy (in the gr...

DAY 22. AUGUST 23. BUKHARA It's a hard knock life For some strange reason I decided to get up early and go for a run and in doing so uncovered the secrets to Bukhara's clean streets. As I ran through the city I saw dozens of old women, sweeping the streets and picking up rubbish. Most of them appeared to be over fifty and were hunched over doing...

And so, we have lost another person in our group. This makes for 7 early terminations (ET) from UZ-18 since swearing in, I think. I heard yesterday that Ginger is now leaving us. That makes the third Healthy to leave. (I am a health volunteer, hence healthy) Our group of Healthies is down to 9. Life for me is going okay. I am beginning to settle...