I wondered where they hid the student of madrasah? All the madrasah seem to host souvenir shops or boutique hotels. Well yesterday I...

Jasmine, a tall blondie, greeted me with a handshake and we almost hugged and kissed as normal Uzbek do.She is a friend of a friend that...

As we said goodbye to Khiva, Saturday morning had never been the same. We rode through empty streets of Khiva to catch a flight to...

As the day started to pull down its curtain, we found ourselves in a park outside Ichaan Kala (the fortress). The hot weather has since...

We arrived at 12:47 right in the middle of the hot summer day (30 deg). I was surprised by the smooth ride and no delays either at the...

Bukhara has been transformed (in my imagination) from a resourceful Islamic center of knowledge into something else.It has become a modern...