a vlog from registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
Any tour of Uzbekistan must include Registan Square, which was for many centuries the heart of Samarkand, and quite an interesting site. …
a memorial to the 1966 tashkent earthquake
Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Central Asia’s largest city (approx. population 3 million) is a relatively new city. Unlike Samarkand and Bukhara, there are no ancient mosques or structures to see. The…
in uzbekistan: does it really take a pile of cash to buy a meal?
The short answer is yes. As I arrived in Uzbekistan from Turkmenistan, I became accustomed to the Turkmenistan Manat [one equals approx. US$2.80] or to simply pay in U.S. dollars.…
an oasis of espresso in bukhara, uzbekistan
Regardless of where I travel, my running internal commentary is “hmmm… that would be a nice place for a café.” I am usually thinking this in countries that have little…
an increase in media censorship in uzbekistan: you wont be reading the new york times online in tashkent
The Republic of Uzbekistan, a land-locked central Asian country of approximately thirty million, has this week further censored access to information on the web thanks to the continuing antics of…