Uzbekistan

We spent the morning pottering about in Khiva: went to look for the Kheivak well but discovered that it is located in a private garden and the house is closed … Read more

Bukhara is a medium-sized town which, like all towns built in the Soviet era, covers a huge area. The few road signs are in Uzbek so we got lost a … Read more

The Lonely Planet book says that Khiva’s name is redolent of slave caravans, barbaric cruelty, terrible desert journeys and steppes infested with wild tribesmen. It was founded when Shem, a … Read more

A crap day. It should have taken us three hours to drive from Takhiatash to Khiva but took us nearly seven. The road wasn’t bad, but there are no signs. … Read more

After an excellent night’s sleep despite the howling gale and dust storm outside, we set off for the Uzbek border full of trepidation. We hadn’t been able to buy Kazakh … Read more