6 hours in transit at the airport in Bangkok. Paid for access to a good quiet and comfortable lounge with nice champagne and ok food, and killed an hour having a foot, head and shouldersLue lisää
6 hours in transit at the airport in Bangkok. Paid for access to a good quiet and comfortable lounge with nice champagne and ok food, and killed an hour having a foot, head and shouldersLue lisää
The Turkish Lounge at Bangkok airport, a comfortable place to hang out.
Not the style of glass I normally drink champagne out of, but who cares it tastes great 😀
Guess who arrived in Tashkent on Memorial Day, celebrating those who died in WWII 😣
There are still places open and I went to Independence Square to see some of the celebrations which wasLue lisää
Believe it or not I went to Uzbekistan’s largest and most ornate theatre (built by the Soviets) and watched Aleko, an opera by Rachmaninov, just before going in I saw a guy who had been killed whenLue lisää
Today I was up early and left the hotel at 6am to catch the 7:30 plane to Urgench then drive 40 minutes to Khiva, one of the stops on the Silk Road.
The old part of the city is still surrounded by aLue lisää
Up today for a 4 hour drive south to Nukus. Amazing there were a few spits of rain as we left Khiva but it was still a balmy 33degrees.
My driver was a teacher of Russian who also drives for tourists,Lue lisää
After a short drive to the border the driver said goodbye and pointed toward the deserted border crossing . When I walked the 100 meters to the gate out of Uzbekistan I found a soldier hiding in hisLue lisää
Last night I walked around the area near the hotel and finally found a restaurant, on the way home I discovered that there are places I’m not allowed to go and key amongst these is anywhere within aLue lisää
Well I’m glad I visited as there were some interesting sights but when I reached Bukhara in Uzbekistan I actually felt as though I was back in comfortable territory.
Yesterday I visited the ruins ofLue lisää