Some of the travel guidebooks or websites I’d read called Nukus “The Most Depressing City in the World” or “The City at the End of the Earth.” I found it to be neither during my brief time there. After the Soviets had consolidated their control over Uzbekistan, they introduced cotton to the region. What had […]
Continue ReadingCenters of the Slave Trade – Bukhara and Khiva
The journey from Samarkand to Bukhara by shared taxi was my first experience with refueling a vehicle in Uzbekistan. Because the country has extensive natural gas reserves but relatively little oil, many cars have either been converted or designed to run on gas instead of gasoline or petrol. Fueling cars with combustible gas is potentially […]
Continue ReadingSamarkand – City of Caravans
In a rather belated post, I’d like to share a few stories about my time in Uzbekistan. My visa for Uzbekistan finally in hand, I hopped on an overnight bus from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan across the border to Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Because it had taken me so long to get this visa, it would have to be […]
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