Uzbekistan Part 2 - From Bukhara to Samarkand
The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 52
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Mark and David travel the silk road between two of the most important cities in Uzbekistan.
This time:
- Magical Bukhara by night
- An early start and a great train journey
- The finest Islamic architecture
- The importance of numbers
- Who was Amir Timur?
- One of the world's finest squares
- A famous musician and a sound like no other
- An insider's view
- To biblical Daniel's tomb
- An incredible 700-year-old way to see the stars
- Meeting the Jews of Samarkand
- A Jewish hammam (Turkish bath house) in the middle of nowhere
- Bringing the ancient Silk Road into the 21st Century
- Departing from the brand-new airport with a vision for the future
Mark and David were guests of Uzbekistan.travel, Tashkent International Tourism Fair, Uzbekistan Airways and Air Marakanda.
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