Semurg Bukhara
M.Ikhbol 19 Bukhara, 705016, Uzbekistan
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Bukhara
... a series of old trading domes which link up - so you can wander from one end to other through beautiful archways with tiny shops selling a huge range of things - hats, embroidered cloths, scissors in shapes of storks, woodwork, bread stamps, ceramics, paintings, carpets - just goes on and on ! The dominant colour is brown, whole place is built out of mudbrick or old brick. There are more than 200 heritage sites ...
No Noah in this Ark!
... his home. He lived in an outlying town that began with an O, but I forgot to ask him to write its name down for me. It was lovely to meet his family again (Lola, his mother, Rumud his father, Jehangir his brother and Delnosa his sister) and they celebrated my arrival (as Jamshid put it) with us seated around a low table. This is the norm here – people sit on cushions on the floor, around a low table, or they have an elevated area in the house where a low ...
Combien de "stan" me reste-t-il?
... rejoindre on ne sait quoi au milieu de rien. Mais c'est une bien furtive distraction et les journees sont longues et monotones. Parfois la routine est brisee par quelques troncons de route defoncee. Et soudain, au milieu de rien, une ville, coincee entre deux sables. Mais pas le temps de trainer, 5 jours c'est court, meme si les journees sembles longues. Un desert de rien, planque au milieu de nulle part, tu te deplaces au gre du vent, perdu, seul ...
Als James Bond door Turkmenistan
... landje bespreken waarvan we iedereen willen afraden om er ooit naartoe te gaan… Al benieuwd? Ok, hier gaan we dan.
Maar eerst nog snel even een kleine noot: aangezien we de gids van Iran al hebben opgestuurd naar het thuisfront moeten we een aantal juiste benamingen van pleinen en paleizen voorlopig schuldig blijven. We vullen het ooit wel eens aan. Toen we de laatste keer de blog aanvulden waren we net gearriveerd in Esfahan, voor ons (en vele anderen) de mooiste ...
Seriously on the Silk Road
... tall Kalon Minaret built 1127 and left alone by Chinggis Khan because he thought it so astounding,
These are the main sites in Bukhara and astounding in both colour and architecture. The city is well aware of the importance of tourism on the local economy and the whole old city area is very tidy ...


