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Uzbekistan 2000 – Bukhara

Bukhara – Monday, September 4 Shortly after arriving in Bukhara I went looking for the Char Minar. I had seen pictures of this building in my travel guide and it seemed like a good place to start my sightseeing. It was only about a 10-minute walk from my hotel. The day was hot – the [...]

Uzbekistan 2000 – Tashkent

Tashkent – Sunday, September 3 The overnight flight from Moscow left me feeling dopey. At the Tashkent airport I saw people filling out a form, but I was in a hurry and got in the customs line without one. When I got to the front the agent looked at me and asked, “Declaration? Where is [...]