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Ulugbek Zairov Bukhara, Uzbekistan Ulugbek is the son of Saifullo and Mariam, owners of Lyabi House Guesthouse, a remarkably modern guesthouse in the beautiful old city of Bukhara. Bukhara is one of my favorite places in the world, and not least
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Silk Workers Margilon, Uzbekistan Silk workers at Ygorlik Silk Factory roll freshly dyed silk strings into balls that will later be fit onto a silk loom for weaving.
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Isaac Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan Isaac is a guide in the old town of Khiva. He knows the area well and is the only guide who can find the hundreds of old forts that scatted the region of Karakalpakstan, south of the Aral Sea. This photo was take
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Camel Driver<br />Merv, Turkmenistan
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Osh Bazaar Osh, Kyrgyzstan June 26th: This tour boasts my favorite tourists the summer over. We start in Ferghana, where I use Anwar as a local guide again?the second time. I was always to meet him at this knife-seller in the bazaar before headi
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Jumma Mosque Shakrisabz, Uzbekistan This was taken before Friday worship at a Mosque in Shakrisabz. Known as the birthplace of the Uzbek national hero Amir Timur (known in the West as Tamerlane), Shakrisabz is located on the road to Afghanistan.
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Javad Kerman, Iran Javad was my bus driver in Iran. He was a great driver, worker, and moral supporter. He could also spot the best roadside dates and pomegranates from miles away. When I'd run into him on other tours, when I was not so fort
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Valery En Route to Samarkand Valery is a bus driver I worked with numerous times in Uzbekistan?the few times we were graced with luxurious bus travel. I kept my eye out for him on the road because it always perked me up to know he was around.
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Anwar Khairullin Ferghana, Uzbekistan Anwar was the local guide in Ferghana. His real love is climbing the mountains in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, though tourism there has been hurt by the Islamic militants in the region.
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