Category: Uzbekistan
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How to do Samarkand in 15 minutes
I love slow travel and I wouldn’t recommend trying to see any city in 15 minutes, let alone one like Samarkand, that not only is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, it’s famous the world over for its Silk Road history. But sometimes life doesn’t work out the way you want it to,…
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101 places to get coffee in Central Asia
When I first went to Central Asia, moving to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in summer 2003, it was almost impossible to get a good coffee in the entire city. Five years later, when I moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan, coffee lovers used to congregate at CoffeeDelia for the best cappuccinos in town and fast wifi. There weren’t a…
Steppe in Style 