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Uzbekistan: Through the Kyzyl Kum to Khiva 22 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
The journey along the A-380 highway from Bukhara to Khiva was one of the longest stretches of driving we did on this trip. The distance between the two cities is only 285 miles, but the journey took u...
Uzbekistan: Two days in Bukhara 19 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
Arrive in Bukhara today and you will be warmly welcomed. This wasn’t always the case, however. Consider the fate of Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly, two British officers who traveled to Bukhara in...
Uzbekistan: The bazaars and caravanserais along the Silk Road to Bukhara 6 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Another five hours of driving today. Visiting all these Silk Road cities necessitates a lot of driving, but I’m not one to complain about a road trip; I’m perfectly content to put my headphones on, ch...
Uzbekistan: Tamerlane’s Samarkand, Day 2 2 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
Tamerlane was a man of many talents. When he wasn’t conquering foreign lands and stacking the skulls of his enemies into massive pyramids, he was building his beloved Samarkand into an epicenter of ar...
289 kilometers on the Golden Road to Samarkand 30 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
(Yes, I partly stole that from a poem). So, anyone up for a trip to Kabul or Tehran? Another early morning departure, as we had a five hour drive to Samarkand ahead of us. Thankfully we made a few sto...
Goodbye Tajikistan. Hello again, Uzbekistan. 28 Jul 2013 | 04:36 am
Goodbye, Tajikistan. It was far too short of a visit, but I’m sure we’ll meet again someday. The rugged Pamirs are calling my name… We were headed to Tashkent, where I had overnighted only a few days ...
On to Khujand, Tajikistan 23 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
Another early morning wake up and we were off to Tajikistan. When we arrived at the border, it was completely deserted with the exception of a few locals just hanging around. The strange thing about t...
Southeast Asia photos 16 Jul 2013 | 12:10 am
I’ve uploaded the 1,500+ photos from my winter trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand here. A sample follows… Hanoi, Vietnam Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Mekong Delta, Vietnam Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam Ho Chi ...
Photos from Central Asia (yes, finally!) 12 Jul 2013 | 12:30 am
I’ve finally gotten around to uploading the nearly 2,900 photos I took on my three week trip to Central Asia. You can check them out here. Next up, my photos from Southeast Asia. And perhaps within th...
From Tashkent to the Fergana Valley 9 Feb 2013 | 12:30 am
After 16+ hours of being stuffed like a sardine in a can (but with free German beer!), I landed in Tashkent around 10pm. It took two hours to clear passport control and customs, so I didn’t arrive to ...
