Indulging our Soviet Nostalgia in Tashkent
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Indulging our Soviet Nostalgia in Tashkent

After spending several days in Samarkand, we took a train to Tashkent for a week of Soviet nostalgia. What we found is a city straddling the late Soviet period, with its Zhiguli and buying fresh milk from the back of a truck, and Western modernity of top notch coffee, escape rooms and cheap fast internet

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Get your Afrosiyob Tickets Now!
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Get your Afrosiyob Tickets Now!

If you expect to be traveling between Samarkand and Tashkent, buy your Afrosyab high-speed train now! Otherwise you may have to share a cabin with a bunch of strangers and have an unforgettable four hour conversation…

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Strolling the Silk Road in Samarkand
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Strolling the Silk Road in Samarkand

For those of our age with Soviet roots, Uzbekistan is the land of plov. For those outside the Soviet world, though, Uzbekistan is one of the key regions of the ancient Silk Road. Samarkand, in particular, was the center of Timurlane’s empire and is filled with unique relics from that era.

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