Almaty Shopping and Korean food
I arrived late last night at the airport which was small and really quite quiet. I found a taxi right away, a rather insistent young man and got a ride to the hotel for 3000 teng or about 8 euros. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Central Asia
Turkestan
The manager of the Hotel Khanaka informed me sadly when I walked in that the electricity was cut off but it should be on in 10 or 15 minutes. Anyway, I checked in and headed down to the hotel restaurant … Continue reading →
From Almaty to Turkestan
The most important thing you need to know about trains in Kazakhstan is that they close their doors 10 minutes before departure. I found out the hard way. From the endless wrangling over changing the ticket you would think that … Continue reading →
Shymkent
Shymkent to Tashkent: Border Crossing
Money hassles, food issues and a stressful border crossing. So many questions and who was that mysterious Korean?
Continue reading →Tashkent
Getting around Tashkent by taxi and metro, the Chorsu Bazaar and Kolkadash Medressa.
Continue reading →Tashkent to Samarkand
Train from Tashkent to Samarkand from the new train station. A first look at legendary Samarkand.
Continue reading →Samarkand: Registan, Bibi Khanym, Shar-i-Zinda
Samarkand Old Town
A glimpse of ancient Samarkand and a stroll through Samarkand’s old Jewish quarter.
Continue reading →Samarkand to Bukhara
A last look at Timur’s tomb in Samarkand and then on to Bukhara, the most fascinating Silk Road city.
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