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- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
Samarkand Slideshow
Samarkand
Travel Blogs from Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Samarcand et retour sur Paris
Vous avez de la chance c'est le dernier email que je vous envoi..... Je suis désolé mais j'ai oublié pas mal de plats locaux dans mon email précèdent : . Samsa : sorte de samoussa fourre a l'oignon et morceau de mouton bien gras . ...
3 days in a beautiful city!
Lots to see here, but sort of taking it easy too. The Registan needs to be seen to be believed...in all lights and ...
Samarkand
... Timur - he is obviously a hero to the Uzbeckistan people and well loved with statues of him everywhere. Samarkand - mosques, minarettes, mausoleums, mosaics, mosaics & more mosaics. A large thriving city with some spectacular mosques ...
More fabulous Samarkand sites but what a hot day!
... seeing the facades in a different light. Absolutely stunning and I now understand their relative significance to the history of Samarkand. We then visited Timur's family mausoleum, or as they appear to say in English: Timerlane. It was quite something to ...
I saw travelers again!
When I reached Smarkand with the train and found my nice B&B hotel, I was pretty surprised, because I finally met another traveler again. The last time I saw one was in Georgia, so it's pretty rare. Unfortunately, he wasn't that interesting because ...
Silk Rd Samarkand
... of children and Muslim men all seated in rows who were very keen to have the pictures taken. It is our last stop in Uzbekistan and we are looking forward to new adventures in the land of curry munchers, India, and not to be carrying around stacks ...
Seidenstrasse
... ist. Aber ihre Erzaehlungen machten Lust auf eine Veloreise. Wer weiss, vielleicht das naechste Mal...;-) Aber nun kurz zu Samarkand. Die schoensten Gebaeude sind einerseits die Medresen, andrerseits die Mausoleen. Medresen sind Orte, wo der Islam gelehrt ...
Into Tashkent and onto Samarkand
I arrive into Tashkent's Xaloqaro aiport by the early morning Uzbekistan Airlines flight from Delhi. The view from the top is stunning with craggy mountain tops, snowcaps, flowing valleys, unending mountain ranges (creating a magical wave effect in the ...
Samarkand
... to an opening in the tin roof above. Poking my head out, there was an amazing vista of the surrounding Registan, and of Samarkand in general. There were three Kazakh guys already perched up on the roof, and I could hear Char coming up the stairs behind ...
On the Silk Road
The Road to Samarkand Leaving the hotel we head South and West out of the city towards Samarkand about a four hour drive away, the further we get from the center the more run down the suberbs become, not unlike towns in southern europe. It must be ...
Achmed
. Leaving Farhod early the following morning, we headed first on a bus to the metro, which in turn brings us onto the train station. I'm full sure one of the buses Farhod mentioned was the no.82. Obviously not. Half an hour later, well passed worried ...
Tamerlane's Legacy
... efficient war machine of the Mongols under Genghis Khan in the 13th century. The city was almost entirely destroyed. Fortunately for Samarkand, a man known as Tamerlane (Timur) decided that this city would be a good place to rule a kingdom from. ...
Mad dogs & Englishmen!
... aging Audis and completely decrepit Ladas of Kyrgyzstan have been replaced with Chevrolets and Daewoos. These are the only type of car here in Uzbekistan, and they're ALL white! I suppose a black car in Central Asia would just be too hot. The bus I took ...
Lots of sun, lots of snow and sliding buses
... He's making a virtual Samarkand project (www.e-samarkand.narod.ru/), where you can learn a lot about this beautiful place. I came to Samarkand from Tashkent on a fast train, which was somehow the same price (or a bit more expensive) as usual train. Once ...