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Images from Uzbekistan


 Filed Under:  Central Asia, Photography, Travel, Uzbekistan by Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott

Taking advantage of free wireless internet in Tashkent, we’ve decided to conclude our time here by uploading photos from Uzbekistan’s Silk Road.

Tashkent has been the most connected city in Central Asia thus far. Rather ironic considering Uzbekistan’s penchant for blocking internet sites and restricting printed material. Just one of the many contradictions here.

Next up, the journey continues with our search for Borat in Kazakhstan.
Father and Son

Uzbekistan’s Silk Road Stops

- Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand

Uzbek Food and Markets

Mizdakhan: Necropolis Megalopolis

Tashkent, Seen on the Street



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Posted by:  Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott on August 24th, 2007
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