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		<title>Turkmenistan: Konye-Urgench to Ashgabat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 30, 2012 Cemetery in Khojayli, near the Uzbek-Turkmen border This morning we bid a farewell to Uzbekistan and crossed the border into Turkmenistan, where we were met by Kalashnikov toting soldiers wearing peaked caps that were about five sizes too large for their heads. The border crossing took a few hours since luggage must &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/turkmenistan-konye-urgench-to-ashgabat.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Turkmenistan: Konye-Urgench to Ashgabat"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Muynak, Uzbekistan: Where cotton killed the Aral Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 29, 2012 On our last full day in Uzbekistan we boarded an Uzbekistan Airways flight back to Nukus. Our flying companions were mainly composed of oil and gas engineers searching for black gold in the area around Nukus. Once we arrived in Nukus we began the long drive to Muynak, a former port on &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/muynak-uzbekistan-where-cotton-killed-the-aral-sea.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Muynak, Uzbekistan: Where cotton killed the Aral Sea"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Shakhrisabz to Tashkent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 28, 2012 Another long 240 mile drive from Shakhrisabz to Tashkent today, with plenty of stops to stretch our legs. Not many words here, just photos. First, a stop at Sharif Bobo&#8217;s house to check out his family&#8217;s carpet weaving business. The carpets here are made from sheep and camel wool. Soviet &#8220;Mother Heroine&#8221; &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-shakhrisabz-to-tashkent.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Shakhrisabz to Tashkent"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Termez to Shakhrisabz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 15:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 27, 2012 Just another long day of driving from Termez to Shakhrisabz with a few stops in between. Notice the gold teeth. In Uzbekistan gold teeth are considered a status symbol and sign of wealth. According to our guide, some people will have perfectly good teeth removed and replaced with gold teeth! Cheese! Yes, &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-termez-to-shakhrisabz.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Termez to Shakhrisabz"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: The Buddhist stupas and barbed wire of Termez</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 26, 2012 Located in the southernmost part of Uzbekistan, on the Afghan frontier, Termez is a small city with a history dating back at least 2,500 years. Throughout its history, Termez has been conquered by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane. It was later controlled by Imperial Russia and then the Soviet Union, &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-the-buddhist-stupas-and-barbed-wire-of-termez.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: The Buddhist stupas and barbed wire of Termez"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Nukus to Termez via Tashkent</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 25, 2012 This morning we boarded an Uzbekistan Airways flight and flew over the vast desert back to Tashkent. We were actually headed to Termez, a city in southern Uzbekistan on the border of Afghanistan. But with a few exceptions, all internal flights in Uzbekistan are via Tashkent, so we would be stopping there &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-nukus-to-termez-via-tashkent.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Nukus to Termez via Tashkent"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Down and out in Karakalpakstan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 24, 2012 They usually begin in the middle of the night, those sharp stomach pains that awaken you from a peaceful slumber. If you&#8217;re on the road long enough, in a foreign country with unfamiliar foods, you&#8217;re eventually bound to be afflicted with some sort of intestinal problem. Was it the afternoon ice cream &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-down-and-out-in-karakalpakstan.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Down and out in Karakalpakstan"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: One day in Khiva</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 06:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 23, 2012 No one really knows when Khiva was founded, but the local legend is that it happened over 2,500 years ago when Shem, the son of Noah, found himself wandering through the desert after the great floodwaters receded. He stumbled upon a well, exclaiming &#8220;Khi-wa!&#8221; (sweet water) and this ancient oasis has been &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-one-day-in-khiva.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: One day in Khiva"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Through the Kyzyl Kum to Khiva</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 22, 2012 The journey along the A-380 highway from Bukhara to Khiva was one of the longest stretches of driving we did on this trip. The distance between the two cities is only 285 miles, but the journey took us a grueling 9.5 hours due to the state of the highway, which wasn&#8217;t quite &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-through-the-kyzyl-kum-to-khiva.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Through the Kyzyl Kum to Khiva"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Uzbekistan: Two days in Bukhara</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 20 &#38; 21, 2012 Arrive in Bukhara today and you will be warmly welcomed. This wasn&#8217;t always the case, however. Consider the fate of Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly, two British officers who traveled to Bukhara in 1838 and 1841, respectively. Stoddart&#8217;s mission was to convince the Emir of Bukhara to sign a friendship &#8230; <a href="https://www.lindsayfincher.com/uzbekistan-two-days-in-bukhara.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uzbekistan: Two days in Bukhara"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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