Evisa situation meant our time in Tajikistan was cut to only one night (in hindsight should’ve travelled on Australian passport) but Panjakent was awesome. Tour to seven lakes through rural TajikRead more
Evisa situation meant our time in Tajikistan was cut to only one night (in hindsight should’ve travelled on Australian passport) but Panjakent was awesome. Tour to seven lakes through rural TajikRead more
Bukhara but bigger (hard to illustrate the scale here)
More Silk Road in Bukhara.
Took 3 days to get here, but first proper Silk Road city (and first encounters with actual tourists). Cool to feel the history with well preserved mausoleums, madrasahs, mosques and palace.
The journey from Bishkek to Shymkent was unnecessarily stressful, a bit too much border guard interrogation for 3am 🙃. Shymkent had the first proper Silk Road mausoleums and mosques. Turkestan withRead more
Bazaar, mosque, museums, some nice malls, and an odd obsession with renovating footpaths