Samarqand Vacations, Samarqand Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

"We travel not for trafficking alone, By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned. For lust of knowing what should not be known We take the golden Road to Samarkand." - James Elroy Fletcher   This is truly the highlight of the "Golden" or "Royal" Silk Road (Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand). Finaly I could set my feet on the famous Registan Square in Samarkand. However when I saw it for the first time for real I reckon I was a little bit disappointed but as time progressed and I passed ...

Making pottery is one of my "looking forward things to do" in Uzubeki. We've got a bus drive to a handmade silk paper center in Koni Ghil village. We saw how they preserved the skill of handmaking. It was intereting to see the process from tree to paper. They made from mulberry which is surprising thing for us Japanese caz we use different trees. Actually, I didn't know it. I got the idea from the senior Japanese who live in countryside with lots of knowledge abo...

I know this is a shock for anyone who knows me, but I am planning something... a silk road trip. I don't have a time frame yet (next spring I hope) but looking for any feedback from anyone. Also would love to find a few places to stay and friendly faces along the way.

Two guys set out from Brisbane Australia equipped with a flexible self made itinerary. Four months started in Katmandu Nepal April 2004 and ended in Beijing China July 2004. How we get there is up to us....