by aPF6ybxADw | Feb 1, 2023 | February 2023, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Overnight in an ancient madrasah If you want to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the medieval East, stay at the Orient Star Hotel in Khiva. The hotel is located in the building of the Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah – an institution for higher...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jan 8, 2023 | Janurary 2023, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Celestial Ceramics Rishtan is a small town in the Fergana Province of Uzbekistan, which has been famous for glazed ceramics since ancient times. Rishtan ceramics have their own design features, a set of symbols and colours. They are made from red clay,...
by aPF6ybxADw | Dec 15, 2022 | December 2022, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Care for Khasyp? With Christmas just around the corner and the big feast to begin soon, we would like to introduce you to an alternative, somewhat unorthodox, dish from Central Asia. In Uzbekistan, when slaughtering cattle at home, it is necessary...
by aPF6ybxADw | Nov 3, 2022 | November 2022, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Graveyard of Ships Karakalpakstan is an autonomous region of Uzbekistan. Moynaq, a historic port city on the country’s northern side, has gained popularity as a capital for disaster tourism. The abandoned hamlet has seen one of the worst man-made...
by aPF6ybxADw | Oct 19, 2022 | October 2022, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Murder at the Minarets What springs to mind when you think of Uzbekistan? Probably mosques, madrassas and minarets. Each minaret of Uzbekistan is built and decorated in its own way, but they are all different and beautiful. Translated from Arabic,...
by aPF6ybxADw | Sep 22, 2022 | September 2022, Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN Donkey riding folk hero In Uzbekistan, a cunning old man with a donkey is revered as a folk hero! In the very heart of Bukhara, a legendary city along the ancient Silk Road, there is a unique monument, like a spark of light among the imperturbable...
