Tag: Bukhara, cell phone, Khiva, Silk Road, travel, Uzbekistan
The Great Cellphone Saga
Somewhere in the ruins of the Urgench fortresses the cell phone dropped out of my side bag and into the hot, desert sand. It was not until...
The Bukhara Local’s Market
Shopping in old town Bukhara is an expensive endeavor. A meter of fabric is $8 USD, “hand made! Very beautiful!” while a T-shirt is...
There and Back Again, a Lauren’s Tale
For those of you who got the reference above to Tolkien, I salute you. (and for those of you who got the ‘I salute you’ reference from...
Inshallah We Shall Arrive in Khiva
Having decided to leave Bukhara, we endeavored to find a way to Khiva, a city on the western side of Uzbekistan. There was a train, but it...
Bukhara is The City Synonymous with Medieval Torture
It was in front of The Ark that Stoddart and Connolly were executed at the Emir’s request in 1842. It had all started innocently enough...
The Bukhara Underbelly
We arrived in Bukhara this afternoon and were a bit shocked by the strange reception we received. Having met the owner of a B&B on the...
