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Central Asia: Uzbekistan - Uhum Bazaar and getting to Samarkand

January 31, 2016
After breakfast, we were off to Uhum Market and then road trip to Samarkand. Breakfast in Uzbekistan is luxurious affair, always combination of hot and food - crepe, cookies, fruits, cheese, bread... It was time to bid goodbye to Asraf Village and was really surprised that everybody came to send us off. Lol.....

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Central Asia: Uzbekistan - Homestay at Asraf Village

January 29, 2016
This tapchan is over a stream Asraf is located along the Nuratau mountain range, between Eski Forish and Uhum. Based on ancient rock paintings found in the mountains, it was said that human have lived there for more than 2000 years. It was also said that many customs that are practised today at...

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Central Asia: Uzbekistan - Lake Aydar and Kazakh village of Dungalak

January 27, 2016
In our little imagination, we thought we might be able to see sunrise too and set the alarm clock to get up but nope, no sunrise for us but it is ok. What we saw as the photo above... lol.. For some strange reason I was having craving for some orange juice the...

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Central Asia: Uzbekistan - (Another) Yurt stay, in Kyzyl Kum Desert

January 25, 2016
Kyzyl Kum Desert, translated as 'red sand' occupies about 300,000 sq km and lies between Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers. Taking a holiday from our holiday, we did another yurt stay, this time at Kyzyl Kum Desert. This one is vastly different from our first yurt stay. I'm saying this not in terms of geographic...

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