A l’époque (IIIème – XIIème siècle) de l’intense échange commercial entre l’est et l’ouest le long de ce que l’on nomme de nos jours Route de la Soie, les régions qui composent l’Ouzbékistan d’aujourd’hui ne sont qu’un maillon d’une seule … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan’s protected areas, for better or for worse
Looking at the map of Uzbekistan, there are many National Parks and Protected Areas marked with dashed green lines and little green trees. We’ve decided to explore one of them, the Ugam-Chotkol Nature Reserve, just 85km North of Tashkent. The … Continue reading
Uzbekistan : once upon a time, the Silk road…
Here are some pictures of Bukhara and Samarkand in Uzbekistan. These cities were an important exchange place during the silk road period (V-XIIc.), when products coming from the West were meeting those coming from China. Uzbekistan is now slowly becoming … Continue reading