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  • Mannerheimin tie* In Central Asia the Silk Road connects not only East and West but also South and North. Amir Timur's empire (14./15. century AD) included a large part of present day India and from India Bu Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 20, 2008
  • Ferghana valley After our difficulties encountered when entering the Ferghana valley of Eastern Uzbekistan, my impression of the area (others may disagree) are quite positive: a very fertile agrarian area with large villages and short distances between them, farm houses Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 20, 2008
  • Uzbekistan continued With the lost day we now try to increase the daily mileage to make it around the northern tip of Tajikistan as quickly as possible. On Friday Almalyk, Soviet coal mining and heavy industry centre, Angren and finally up the Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 17, 2008
  • No entry to Tajikistan Thursday May 15. Preparing to cross the border to Tajikistan and take the ultimate shortcut into the Ferghana valley in eastern Uzbekistan. Four-day visas for the tour along the the Syrdarya valley and the Tajik city of Khujand purchased months Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 17, 2008
  • Map meeting Map meetings are part of the daily routine on our tour. Normally held early in the morning (the earliest on record so far at 5.30 am) to describe route, possible sights and meeting point(s), we can also have them in Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 14, 2008
  • Xus Kelibsiz I've had it all now during the last two weeks: vomitting, congestion, diarrhoea, but things are improving gradually, at least for me. Other people have been hit worse and hopefully all will be able to cross to China by bicycle Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 12, 2008
  • Samarqand A hundred years ago: Friday prayer in and in front of Central Asia's largest mosque Xinom Bibi in Samarqand in 1906. Photo from Mannerheim collection (C.G. Mannerheim in Ce Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 10, 2008
  • Rising to Samarqand Bukhara is a true desert oasis and the land to the east of it is used for cotton and gas production. East of Qarshi the terrain gently rises towards Shakhrisabz. While we have been moving fairly constantly at 250-400 m Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 10, 2008
  • Cotton From Bukhara on the Silk Road eastwards: no silk today, cotton instead. Along a completely straight road to Qarshi irrigation channels in disrepair from Soviet times and abandonded fields, Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 5, 2008
  • On the Silk Road to Bukhara Border crossing from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan was a big progress compared to what we had experienced in Turkmenbashy three weeks ago. Multiple passport controls, bag security checking, yes, but at least no individual visas needed to be issued and the Posted by lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | May 4, 2008
  • Fergana Valley From Tashkent the drive took us up the mountains, through some refreshingly green mountain scenery that was all the better after about a month of deserts. The Fergana valley is famous for having some of the most fertile soil in Posted by Antonxiii in Silk Road | Jun 2, 2007
  • Uzbekistan - Pictures Samarkand's Registan Samarkand's Bazaar Bukhara [img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/91493/ Posted by ameurice in Silk Road | Jun 2, 2007
  • Samarkand Thanks to the Kyrgyzstan national electricity company, the full and unabridged Samarkand entry is lost in cyberspace... so until I find the time/courage to start again here is a brief outline: We stayed in a homely hostel full of great travelling Posted by ameurice in Silk Road | Jun 2, 2007
  • Khiva Crossing over the monumental Oxus of old, now renamed the Amu-Darya river, we entered Khorezm and arrived in Khiva at sunset. Having been one of the pivotal trading posts on the old Silk Road, its wealth eventually waned until it Posted by ameurice in Silk Road | Jun 1, 2007
  • Big City Life - Tashkent We were warned about going to Tashkent. It was apparently full of militsaya (police) that shake traveller's down for cash, there was nothing to do and that it was dirty, sprawling and dangerous. Well, we're rebels without a pause (thanks Posted by Antonxiii in Silk Road | Jun 2, 2007
  • Bukhara After a rather expensive shared taxi through the dry Kyzylkum Desert, we arrived to the fabled city of Bukhara, the classic silk road city. We were dumped in the centre and soon found some cheap accomodation in a traditional house. Bukhara is Posted by Antonxiii in Silk Road | Jun 1, 2007
  • Nukus If one still subscribed to the idea that the earth was flat, Nukus would certainly be placed on its remotest edge. The capital of the little-known Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan suffers from a staggering variety of ecological, social and political Posted by ameurice in Silk Road | May 30, 2007
  • Uzbekistan & The Silk Road With our one month Kazakh visa running perilously low on days it was time to make a move. Nat went to the local currency exchange and returned with a wad of Uzbek Cym that was big enough to warrant a Posted by Nat and Ev in Nat & Ev | Mar 6, 2007
  • Closing blog - home safe. Being in Scandinavia for summer meant that I missed winter in Perth and so I return just in time for my third summer in a row. Thanks to those of you who’ve read my blogs and enjoyed what I have written Posted by TheWandera in Scandinavian Sojourn 2006 | Sep 1, 2006

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