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13 October, 2024
Due to the earthquake of 1966 that truly devastated the city, Tashkent today bears the mark of Soviet architecture ever so visibly, as it was rebuilt post haste by orders from Moscow following the disaster....
06 October, 2024
Tashkent is a city with thousands of years of history behind it. Though its more recent decades are of utmost interest to me, especially its relatively recent Soviet past, one cannot ignore what had happened...
29 September, 2024
To my surprise, Samarkand seemed to be the more touristic of the two when compared to a gem like Bukhara. This automatically translates to it having more visitors, which almost inevitably means having...
22 September, 2024
Despite being told that Samarkand is the true jewel of Uzbekistan, and that I will certainly love it the most, my experience there was soured for two reasons. Firstly, in my mind, it did not really match...
15 September, 2024
For all intents and purposes, one can consider Bukhara to be an oasis in the middle of a desert. Though this is less true today, it used to be the case back when caravans trotted their way along the mighty...
08 September, 2024
In a trip that covered Shymkent, Turkistan, Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara, it was the last one that managed to etch something that is impossible to erase in my mind. The beauty of Bukhara is difficult...