Hotel Caravan Serail Chorrakha
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Just about at the halfway point of my trip and feeling a bit tired. I napped this afternoon and then got up to the roof terrace of the hotel to find this view:
Timur Land
... crypts are laid out in a central hall with Timur's dark stone standing out amongst the white stones for the others, which include smaller stones for those that died as children. We learnt that the crypts were opened to confirm that Timur was lame in an arm and a leg and that Ulugh Begh was beheaded.
We also came across this interesting aspect of Timur's talent for warfare: "Timur's military talents were unique. He planned all his campaigns years in advance, ...
Samarqand and The Registan
... and preferred currency, however places like train station, only Uzbek Som is accepted so the first thing to do was changing my US Dollar into Som. I handed my single US$100 note to a guy who is doing black market, and I exchanged for 400,000 Soms, which came with 400 pieces of 1000 Som note, so I had to shove the 4 diffect stacks of money into one huge plastic bag.
Travelling anywhere in Central Asia is a worthwhile adventure, but the best ...
Lazing about Samarkand
... fourth wife - I declined saying that I don't like to share.
Walking now towards the famous Registan we saw a great mural with a phoenix then peacocks wandering along the sidewalks. This main square of Samarkand means sandy place – here fountains and flowers are flanked by three Medressas each saturated with gorgeous glazed tile work including images of lions, which is the symbol of Samarkand. The grandson of Amir Temur, Ulug Beg (1394-1449), ...
The Road to Samakand
... use look like they might have come out of a Kinder egg but for some reason Uzbeks all seem to drive like grannies on a Sunday. For the first time on the trip we were overtaker more often than overtakee, although one still had to be on the alert for stray donkeys.After a night in Tashkent where we were made to feel distinctly lazy by a pair of Spanish cyclists we headed for Kyrgyzstan and the final ...
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