Posted August 12, 20168 yr samarkand, uzbekistan driving in to this most famous silk road city -- enjoy the tour! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand the 110+ degree heat is making everything blurry :-P -- i liked the last one 8bit pixel-ated there is urban, but not much tall -- uzbekistan is very earthquake prone a walk around our hotel neighborhood, which is the old russian neighborhood & is middle class you can see the wads of uzbek $ you have to carry around :-o gur emir mausoleum - tomb of amir timur aka tamerlane there he lies, tamerlane himself in the black tomb some guise on the right you can see the ongoing problem of salty groundwater damage -- it sucks right up into the brickwork :-( the registon ensemble an old view of the registon glitchy pano! bootleggin! jewish cemetery old walls of samarkand ulugh beg observatory (b.1424-29) -- grandson of timur and famous early astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulugh_Beg views inside the remains of the once enormous fahkri sextant -- as seen from both ends views from up on beg’s gurkhani zij observatory hill a silk fabric and rug making place this historic rug is 300+yrs old + the owner is making a dog rug for a rich texas guy :-D hi! shaki zinda necropolis (b.1370-1449) -- mostly relatives of tamerlane, an amazing place if you count the steps up to the necropolis & count the same when you walk down its good luck showing off the very old structural wood mausoleum of kusam ibn abbas, a cousin of the prophet muhammad, in reality a legend in the middle ages a pilgrimage here was equated with a mecca hajj bibi hanim mosque (b.1399-1404) a rare old elm tree - dutch elm disease struck in uzbekistan too & they responded by painting the base of all trees white to keep bugs off, which is a strange sight to see every single tree in the cities and along the roads painted like that famous samarkand style obi-non clay baked bread, it really is the best non of them all uzbeks count through these wads of bills like speed demons - it’s an amazing sight :-o :-D uzbek-made chevys were everywhere → they said chevrolet took over an old daewoo plant amir temur (tamerlane) order...something...welcomes the tomb of daniel -- yes, the bible lion’s den daniel it’s one of four in the world -- yes, he was chopped up and carried around a bit here lies just his arm -- the tomb is long because they mixed it up to deter thieves the locals say it’s growing and when it reaches around the world heaven will be on earth back on the road around town -- you can see caves in the old city walls this is meros factory, a mulberry paper making place - in a suburb of samarkand called koni gil it says samarkand - pearl of the orient this is the central market -- on maybe a big off day holiday, it was eid al fitr, but still pretty busy non, non and more non -- it really is fantastic tasting though the spice guy hooked us :laugh: lots of construction -- humble bldgs, but always urban style apts over shops, so i give them that this is an open air chiakana tea garden -- all of these are just great places to relax it says secondary school 21 aka a public school geese and betakrorimson country, uzbekistan gave you my soul! (2016 is the 25 anniversary of uzbek independence) tashkent street is the afrosiab shopping street happy bird --- in an old caravanserai samarkand pearl of the east last -- is the samarkand train station here comes the ride -- the speedy new talgo built afrosiab bullet train goodbye to samarkand! arrival in tashkent *** i hope you enjoyed the sights of samarkand ***
August 13, 20168 yr Neat! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 18, 20168 yr This is an amazing travelogue that you have put together, mrnyc...Like others have said, I can't say I ever seen as much of Uzbekistan before you shared these nice pictures with us...And I'm afraid that this will probably be as close as I will ever get :-P
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