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Hotel Arkanchi Khiva

Pahlavon Mahmud 10 Khiva, 740000, Uzbekistan

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The Silk Road: Ichon Qala, Frozen in Time...Almost

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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Sharing a car with Yuki, Motoko, and another Japanese traveler, I headed west across the white Kyzylkum desert, a misnomer in the winter because it translates as "red sands." Seeing no red sands for hours, but wide expanses of flat, sparse shrublands, we crossed the Amu Darya, now frozen solid, and reached the Hotel Arqonchi, the only one we could …

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Bukhara and Khiva

A travel blog entry by silkroadstu

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Bukhara and Khiva offer a further glimpse into the history of Central Asia, and including Samarkand, these cities can be considered Uzbekistan's triple crown. Bukhara was another victim of Genghis Khan’s savage sojourn into the region, while Khiva was an oasis of sorts in a treacherous desert crossing full of barbaric tribes and unforgiving landscape. Both Bukhara and Khiva have been home to some tyrannical and oft crazy Khans that ruled the regional Khanates with an ...

Ancient City Of Khiva

A travel blog entry by zullyzazaza

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At the airport i was met by Saddidrine, my driver for the remainder of the tour. After a quick lunch, we headed off to the Khiva hotel to unload my bags and and meet up the Mohamed, my tour guide for the day.
The hotel was absolutely gorgeous and the view was stunning. At about two o'clock we started off on the tour, beginning with a brief history of the ...

Broken Plane is good luck i think

A travel blog entry by zullyzazaza

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... yet, they inadvertently booked two plane loads on one plane.
The waiting begins.
Having missed the first flight (7:00), some from one of the split tour groups were shuffled to a 7:30 flight under the condition their baggage arrives later that night. Because i wanted my bag with me i waited for the new plane. Around eleven we were take out to the plane, and lingered ...

Along the Silk Route To Khiva

A travel blog entry by helen-wositzky

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We continue following the Silk Route - where camel Caravans of traders sold & bought their wares - From Samarkand, which was the crossroads between east & west, to Bukhara, which once controlled most of Uzbeckistan, and now on to Khiva.

Well Suerat said the bum massage was thrown in for free - started off not too bad for the first 100k's - then turned into the most shocking road which continued practically all the way to Khiva. 10 hours to do 400 ...