Khiva Vacations, Khiva Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

As I was walking in the streets around the Ichon-Kala in Khiva every schoolkid learnt this sentence: "Hello mister, bon-bon" or if they were bold enough "Hello mister, pen" and if they really thought you were rich they would start with "Hello mister, dollar", ah the universal power of the dollar also reached Uzbekistan. Luckily for all those kids I had bought a kilo of bon-bons on the bazaar this morning so they all got their share of bon-bons and I got my share of photo's, fair deal. ...

 We stayed a few days here then caught  a mini van onward to Khiva, pronounced Hiva, spelt Kiva and in Cyrillic or Arabic and whatever other language they decide to use tomorrow.  This trip was a little hellish. Picture sitting in a loaded van, otherwise they just don't do the trip, cramped on top of one another, no a/c, windows down so as to capture every dust storm that blows across the desert that we were crossing. Oh and I forgot to mention, this has got to be on...

Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo by reliving the past of the Silk Roads from Syria to China, going upstream the mighty Mekong from Vietnam all the way to Tibet, see the roof of the world and more.....