It took 3 hrs to get to Kashan. We got a taxi from the bus drop off point to a hotel in the guidebook, it was a nice place in a historical house but they wanted US$35 for a box room that just had 2 beds and a narrow runway between with a shared bathroom … More The calm of Kashan
Leaving Uzbekistan was straightforward, we had to queue to go through 4 sets of security/immigration checks but that was about as exciting as it got. 3.5hrs later we were in Dubai to the news that Trump is the next US President. We focussed on the important things in life like getting more hand sanitiser, soap … More Chaotic Tehran
After packing up and paying the B&B we headed back to Bibi-Khanym mosque. We liked it not being perfectly restored like all the others, it made it feel more authentic. You can’t really capture on a photo how massive they are. Knowing that we probably won’t see anything like it again for a long time … More Hayr Uzbekistan
We slept well but still had a leisurely start to the day – we’re on holiday. We reconsidered about breakfast being ok when it gave us both stomach ache so we took a very slow walk to the Registan, our first stop. The guidebook describes it as arguably the most awesome single sight in Central … More Spectacular Samarkand
We didn’t need to leave for Bukhara train station until after lunch so we planned on taking the morning slowly. It was just as well as Marie had taken some antibiotics a couple of days earlier that had massively improved her stomach so her body decided it was safe to cough all of the Delhi … More Following the Silk Road
We got up at a leisurely time and after breakfasting in what looked like the boiler room (which was hot inside) we headed out to see the sights properly. We first went back to Kalon Minaret and after poking our noses into the medressa we paid to go into the mosque. With a large courtyard … More Bukhara – Central Asia’s holiest city
Our shared taxi driver arrived promptly at 9am. He didn’t speak English. Emma now had a few sentences of Uzbek but it made for a quiet journey to Urgench. We’re always asked if we speak Russian when people realise we don’t speak Uzbek, after that they might ask if we speak German. Basic English is … More Khiva to Bukhara
Having spent a month as youngsters inter-railing around Europe living in the trains and seeing as much as we could we’re nostalgic about train travel. It was only when faced with 16 hours of being bounced around in a tiny, hot cabin with a comatose drunk man that we remembered the reality. We caused much … More Khiva – the desert town
The pollution in Delhi was the worst we’d experience by far during the early morning taxi ride to the airport. It looked like fog, you could taste it and it hit the back of your throat to give an irritating cough. We hoped the air in Uzbekistan was a little bit clearer. Despite getting to … More Touching Down in Tashkent
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