Uzbekistan - Khiva

We took a very early morning flight from Tashkent to Urgench and then a 40 min taxi ride to Khiva. There, we met our guide and spent a few hours walking the old town. Khiva was a very very old town, but it was mostly destroyed in 13th century by Gingis Khan during the Mongol invasion. It was then rebuilt in the 18th century. There are city walls that are made of mud and straw and they get updated almost every year as they are very vulnerable to the elements. We saw many Medresses which were Islam religious schools for boys. And we even saw one still functioning medresses where one can study to become an imam. In the evening we had a wonderful dinner on a rooftop terrace overlooking the old town.Read more