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Khujand To Dushanbe: Essentially, “The Shining”

Khujand To Dushanbe: Essentially, “The Shining”

by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2016 | How's the weather?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Tajikistan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  From death tunnels to haunted hotels, the last 2 days were straight out of a setup for a horror movie. To begin, we first set off at 8am from Khojand to Dushanbe, driving towards the Fan Mountains.     We first stopped over at Istaravshan, formerly...
Khujand: From Uzbekistan To Tajikistan

Khujand: From Uzbekistan To Tajikistan

by Calvin Sun | Jan 5, 2016 | Border Crossing, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  After 2 days in Samarkand, the group arrived in Tashkent in the afternoon and we did a leisurely walk through Independence Park, observing some national monuments and a public fair.     By the memorial to veterans, there are gold plated books listing...
The Golden Road To Samarkand

The Golden Road To Samarkand

by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2016 | How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Uzbekistan, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  We travel not for trafficking alone: By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known We make the Golden Journey to Samarkand. – James Elroy Flecker, 1913       The mysticism surrounding The Silk...
New Year’s Eve In Bukhara

New Year’s Eve In Bukhara

by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2016 | Fit for Foodies, The Nightlife, Uzbekistan, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  The next morning, the group boarded our 9 hour bus ride from 8am-5pm (with an hour lunch break in between at a rest stop) from Khiva to Bukhara.  The drive isn’t as pretty as I would expect, as it’s endless barren fields of the Kyzylkum Desert.  ...
Khiva: A Journey Through Time

Khiva: A Journey Through Time

by Calvin Sun | Dec 31, 2015 | Fit for Foodies, Uzbekistan, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  The next morning the group got up at a horrific 4am in the morning for a 5am bus ride to the airport.     We embarked on a 7am flight to Urgench, capital of the Khorazem region. Urgench has been regarded as a missable stopover city a stone’s throw...
Taking Tashkent To Task

Taking Tashkent To Task

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2015 | How Did You Do That?, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Uzbekistan, Walking Tours, Winter 2015: The Silk Road

  With the arrival of my college friend Remi this morning, our group was finally complete and we were ready to begin our first official day in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. A few of us started off by learning about the black market exchange with the Uzbek...
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