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 shoulders Czytaj więcej
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 shoulders Czytaj więcej
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 was Czytaj więcej
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 when Czytaj więcej
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 a Czytaj więcej
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, Czytaj więcej
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 his Czytaj więcej
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 a Czytaj więcej
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 of Czytaj więcej