First Impressions of KHIVA - Ancient UNESCO Silk Road City | Uzbekistan
After spending a couple of days in Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the start of the World Influencers Congress, my fellow travel influencers and I headed off to Khiva, an ancient UNESCO World Heritage City along the Silk Road! Come along with me as I give my first impressions of Khiva!
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Jack:
Mike:
Sjana:
Ashley:
Andrew:
Dotz:
Ben:
Eric:
Nadir:
Raquel & Miguel:
Connor:
Claudio:
Gabriel:
Juliana:
Alex:
Bekruz:
Akbar:
Andre:
Tamara:
Dimag:
Shenaz:
Sadaf:
Jewels:
Joshua:
Atta:
Thoriq:
Jacob:
Lenka:
Barkha:
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Marina:
Andrea:
Joey:
Parker:
Jordan:
Saaih:
Bonn:
My day started off in Tashkent at 4:45 a.m. My voice was still hoarse from the dry desert air, but I was so excited to fly to Khiva, a 1500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Uzbekistan. I would be traveling with the World Influencers Congress, which had brought together 70 amazing travel influencers from around the world to experience the magic and beauty of Uzbekistan!
Bekruz, Mr. Uzbekistan himself, explained to me that Khiva is like a living museum! The history and culture there are intact, and people still live in the ancient city.
After greeting everyone and learning how to say “good morning” in several languages, we took a bus to the airport and had a smooth, turbulence-free flight to Khiva!
As we left the tiny Khiva airport, we were welcomed by a band of musicians using traditional instruments. I even tried my hand at playing one!
From there, a 30-minute bus ride took us to the ancient walled city of Khiva, Itchan Kala. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. Inside it is a beautiful, half-finished blue minaret called Kalta Minor!
Right inside the main city gate is a stand selling traditional sheepskin hats called chugirma. I also saw a map of the walled city, which contains 54 historical sites.
I tried on a chugirma. I could smell the leather inside and could barely see anything with the sheep hair in my face!
Our hotel was near Kalta Minor. We waited for our hotel to get ready at a nearby restaurant. I enjoyed a light lager as I awaited my next adventure in Khiva!
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MASSIVE Khiva Style UZBEK PLOV + Traditional Music & Dance | Khiva, Uzbekistan
As my day in Khiva, Uzbekistan wound to a close, I had the amazing opportunity to enjoy the national dish, plov, inside the ancient walled city and watch some beautiful traditional music and dance performances! Come along with me as I dive deeper into this incredible ancient city!
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Sadaf:
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My final adventures in Khiva began in Itchan Kala, the walled inner town of this 2,500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage City. There were so many things to see in a small area; there are 54 historical sites there in total!
There, I got to watch a beautiful traditional music and dance performance. We only got to see about two minutes of it because we got there late. We would have joined in and danced!
I’m all about culture and history when I travel, so spending time in Khiva, especially at night, was like a dream. It really was like something straight out of Aladdin.
But it was nearing dinnertime and I was hungry, so I couldn’t wait to get something to eat!
We ate at Khiva Karakul inside the walled city, in the shadow of one of the minarets, as musicians played. I tried something that might have been stuffed zucchini, as well as an Uzbek tomato, which explodes in your mouth the moment you bite down!
Then I tried an omelet-like fried item that contained eggs and vegetables and some wine! As we ate, dancers put on a traditional performance around us. Then I took a big bite of a big, juicy pepper. My new friend Sadaf got up and danced while a woman sang in Uzbek!
Then, I tried an empanada-like dish that’s stuffed with potato. I followed that with a grain soup with yellow carrots, beans, and beef. It was super flavorful and tasty!
The wine continued to flow as we continued our amazing Uzbek dinner in the middle of Khiva’s walled city. Then, we had the king of Uzbek dishes, the plov. It contains rice, beef, lamb, raisins, yellow carrots, and more.
The lamb was super juicy. I loved the oil in the rice, as well as the addition of the raisins, which gave the dish a nice, fruity flavor. The beef was also amazing!
Plov varies from region to region, so this one was different from the one I’d had in Tashkent earlier in my trip. It was still really delicious and fresh.
After dinner, everyone got together and enjoyed some hookah! I said good night to everyone and headed back to my hotel. We only had about six hours until we had to be back up!
What an epic night in Khiva!
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Raw Silk: Uzbekistan Travels Part V: Khiva
An afternoon loitering around Khiva's Ichan Qala chatting with folk, including lunch at a chaikhana (starring pumpkin dumplings;) plus, the UNESCO sponsored silk carpet workshop.
Traditional UZBEKISTAN Noodles & Dumplings + Exploring ANCIENT KHIVA | Uzbekistan
After arriving in the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of Khiva, Uzbekistan, I hit the ground running to explore this ancient walled city. Come along with me as I try some delicious Uzbek dishes and explore this living museum!
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My latest adventure began in Itchan Kala, the walled inner city of Khiva. The walls have 4 gates in them. Its most prominent site is Kalta Minor, a turquoise minaret that’s only half-finished!
I headed to a restaurant where I had some soft, layered Uzbek bread with 3 salads with tomatoes and cucumber, tomato and eggplant, and eggplant and carrot. There were no spices, but they were so tasty. The tomatoes exploded in my mouth!
Then I had a delicious, pure pumpkin soup and a dish called shivit oshi, made up of green dill noodles with beef, peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and carrots. It’s served with yogurt so you can make it more of a creamy pasta. It was incredible!
I moved on to 3 types of dumpling called barak, including tukhum-barak, which are ravioli with an egg filling. The noodles, dumplings, and wontons originally came from China via the Silk Road.
The first beef dumpling was like a Chinese slippery wonton. The tukhum-barak tasted like an Italian ravioli. They were cold, as they’re meant to be eaten during the summer. The beef one was so tender and contained no spices. I loved that it was cold!
My favorite dish was the shivit oshi! It was like tasting the Silk Road!
After dropping off our bags at our hotel in the middle of Itchan Kala, I met up with my guide Tulqin in Friendship Square.
Khiva became the first UNESCO World Heritage City in Central Asia in 1990. The walls are 2.2 km long and 10-20 meters high. The area outside the walls is called Dichan Kala. There are lots of madrasas, mosques, and minarets inside Itchan Kala.
Right inside the gate, I found some beautiful hand-made hats. I negotiated and paid 80,000 som.
We went back to the map of Itchan Kala. There are 54 historical, cultural, and archaeological sites within the walled city! Khiva was a caravan spot along the Silk Road, so people would stop there on their way between Europe and China.
I also saw more chugirma and saw some local kids making some beautiful, intricately-carved chairs, folding stands for reading books, plates, cutting boards, and more.
Then we visited a carpet workshop and watched the women weave beautiful silk carpets! Sometimes it takes up to 2 years to make larger carpets!
Next, we headed to the tallest minaret in Central Asia, the Islam Khoja Minaret. On the way, I bought a carved stick that protects your house from the devil for 150,000 som. The minaret is carved into the top!
There are 118 steps to get to the top of the minaret. The ceilings are low and the stairs are steep and narrow. It wasn’t easy to get up there! At the top I got incredible views over Khiva. It had the same desert feel of Morocco. Beautiful!
Outside, there was music and people dancing with traditional dolls. We moved on to the biggest mosque in Khiva, which dates back to the 10th century. The room inside has 213 carved pillars!
We followed a 200-year-old road to the new palace. The imprint from the king’s carriage are dug into the road. I saw a carriage, which was a gift from the Russian emperor, and the reception of the 19th-century palace. It was made of gorgeous blue tiles. Then, we visited a bazaar with clothing, ceramics, hats, and more!
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Khiva, Uzbekistan - Most Beautiful City in Central Asia
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First Impressions of BUKHARA - Ancient UNESCO Silk Road City | Uzbekistan
After spending one action-packed day in Khiva, Uzbekistan with my fellow content creators from the World Influencers Congress, we were off to our next Uzbek city, Bukhara! Come along with me as I share my first impressions of Bukhara, an ancient UNESCO Silk Road city!
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Bonn:
Claudio:
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My day began in Khiva the day after our incredible feast at Khiva Karakul. I was super excited to travel to Bukhara, which is yet another beautiful, ancient city along the Silk Road. This UNESCO World Heritage City dates back over 2,500 years and is one of the 7 holy cities in Islam. The city provided many scholars to the Islamic world!
I kicked off my breakfast with some somsas, which are like the baked, Uzbek version of Indian samosas. It was nice and juicy and full of tasty meat!
After breakfast, I met up with the rest of the team as we prepared to leave Khiva. I love cities that are full of history like this! I was also loving getting to know my fellow travelers. It was one of the best experiences of my life!
We boarded the bus and rode to Urgench International Airport. My bag was already getting overweight at 25 kilos, but luckily, we were working with the airlines, so I didn’t have to pay extra.
My fellow travelers and I were all only running on a few hours of sleep, but I was psyched to hit the ground running in Bukhara.
And just like that, we were in Bukhara 30 minutes later! Immediately upon arriving, there were women at the airport offering stacks of fresh, fluffy, and buttery Uzbek bread! We had another 20-minute bus ride and then we arrived at a craft market selling clothing, hats, and more. There was also a band playing and a performer who lifted a bunch of kettle bells with his mouth!
Bukhara was beautiful! My first impression was that this city was epic!
I tried some amazing figs at the hotel, which felt like an old house. It had a sick deck with a view of the minaret. My room also had a view of the minaret! I loved the room. It had two twin beds, which was all I needed! I only had 12 hours to explore, so I was ready to go!
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I focus a great deal on food and historical sites, as you probably have seen! I love to experience the different flavors that each destination has to offer, from casual street food to gourmet restaurant dining. I’m also passionate about learning about the local history and culture.
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Uzbekistan's ULTIMATE STREET FOOD - Rice Plov + Paper & Silk Workshop Tour | Samarkand, Uzbekistan
With my final adventure in Samarkand upon me, I headed out to go on a paper & silk workshop tour and tried more of Uzbekistan’s ultimate street food, rice plov! Come along with me as I wrap up my exploration of Samarkand!
I started at a local paper workshop where they make paper the ancient, traditional way! The place looked like a really old house, and there were streams running through the property. There was even a water wheel!
I watched as the women skinned tree branches and put the skin in buckets of water. Then, they soak it for three days and then boil it for five hours!
Outside the next room was a stream with a huge log connected to a turning wheel. As the log turns, it makes a mechanism inside the room pound the boiled skin from the branches, which is put in a frame. It takes nine hours for the machine to pound the skin. They press it with a large rock for an entire day, and after that, you have paper! They make two types of paper: one from trees and one from cotton.
Once the paper is pressed, it’s put up to dry. It takes 5 hours to dry in summer and an entire day in the winter. After it dries, they smooth it by rubbing it on each side with a stone for 15 minutes.
I got to try it myself! It was intense work, but I could see the excess fibers coming off it. They use the paper to make lots of different products, including masks, hats, purses, dolls, and clothing! The masks cost 400,000 som/$42.06 USD each, but I bought 3 and negotiated down to 350,000 som each. They were really unique. This is the only place in Uzbekistan where you’ll find them!
Always carry cash in Uzbekistan; they don’t really use credit cards here.
Next, at the silk-weaving workshop, I learned that they can get 1,200 meters of thread from one silk cocoon. They only use natural vegetable dyes from things like roots, flowers, and pomegranate skin.
They have 80 women working there. To see them, I walked through the facility, past lots of the rugs they make, which were displayed on the walls. The craftsmanship in them was incredible. They take months to complete! They make silk carpets here, while their factory in Afghanistan makes them out of wool.
The women here work from 9 to 5, 5 days a week. They don’t switch up designs here. Instead, they use old, traditional patterns because they have special meaning. This is the largest silk factory in Central Asia.
I was blown away by the carpets in the showroom. There were so many colors and sizes. The smallest cost $80 USD, while some of the larger ones were at least $1,000 USD.
Next, we headed to Axmadjon Lux Osh to eat some plov! The chef prepared a huge one for me. The carrots go on top of the rice here, followed by beef, chickens, horse, eggs, chickpeas, cucumber, and a huge piece of fat!
The plov came with bread, tomato salad, yogurt, and a minty yogurt drink. This one was different from others I’d had because it had chicken in it.
The rice was nice and oily and I loved the yellow carrots. I couldn’t get enough of the horse sausage, and the quail egg was really tasty. The chicken was a tiny baby chicken. Inside, it was like minced chicken! This plov was so different from other rice dishes I’d had around the world. The yellow carrots added a nice sweetness. There was also a spicy red pepper!
I mixed some yogurt with the rice and meat, which blended really well with everything! I loved it! The horse was gamy but so good. Then I tried some super strong vodka!
I ended with the tomato, onion, and cucumber salad. It’s refreshing and similar to Greek salad, only without the feta cheese.
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Graham's apartment, Fergana, Uzbekistan (Uzbek w/ Eng sub)
Welcome to my caravanserai! Take a rest and water your camels. Located in the fertile Fergana valley, it’s the perfect stopover on your way from Kashgar or Samarkand. I accept correspondence by pigeon or through the bi-annual caravan. Address mail to: Graham, The American, Uzbekistan.
Kidding aside, come visit! My apartment is comfortable, the city is nice, and I can be your Uzbek speaking guide ;)
YURT Camp Uzbekistan - Khiva, Uzbekistan
Yurt Camp Uzbekistan
A traditional yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger (Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The structure comprises an angled assembly or latticework of pieces of wood or bamboo for walls, a door frame, ribs (poles, rafters), and a wheel (crown, compression ring) possibly steam-bent. The roof structure is often self-supporting, but large yurts may have interior posts supporting the crown. The top of the wall of self-supporting yurts is prevented from spreading by means of a tension band which opposes the force of the roof ribs. Modern yurts may be permanently built on a wooden platform; they may use modern materials such as steam-bent wooden framing or metal framing, canvas or tarpaulin, Plexiglas dome, wire rope, or radiant insulation.
Incredible UZBEKISTAN FOOD + Handicraft Workshops Tour | Bukhara, Uzbekistan
With another day in the beautiful city of Bukhara ahead of me, I headed back out to explore this incredible UNESCO World Heritage City. Come along with me as I go on a tour of the local handicraft workshops and eat some incredible Uzbekistan food!
Bukhara is famous for its long tradition of handicrafts. There are workshops and bazaars throughout the city!
The first craftsman workshop I visited was run by a man who makes knives and scissors. He makes them into different shapes. I couldn’t help but admire the scissors shaped like a bird, which is the symbol of Bukhara. I bought a pair for 10,000 som/ roughly $10 USD, for my mother-in-law. I got her name engraved on them!
Back outside, I came across a woman selling oily potato fritters made from fluffy dough for 2,000 som/$0.25 USD each. I thought it would taste better with honey or cheese inside, but it was still good!
The city was really quiet, as the only tourists were my group. Then, I came across a vendor selling some traditional hats for 40,000 som/$4.21 each. I bought two and haggled him down to 70,000 som/$7.35 for both. They were all made by hand!
Across from the vendor was a silk workshop called Bukhara Silk Carpets, where they make handmade silk and wool carpets. The wool comes from sheep, camels, and goats. Forty girls weave the carpets there. The most expensive rug there costs $78,000 USD! The most affordable wool carpets start at $100 USD, while the silk starts at $500 USD.
From there, I saw a vendor selling wooden elephant, turtle, camel, and owl figurines. All of them were from India except the camels, which were made in Bukhara. I continued through the bazaar and saw more vendors selling jewelry, clothing, and hats.
I found a guy selling beautiful paintings depicting the Silk Road. His artwork was amazing. In one of his pieces, he depicts Marco Polo, who slept in Bukhara for 3 nights in the 12th century.
Across from the Magok-i-Attori Mosque is an amazing craftsman who sells padlocks in the shapes of animals like camels, fish, and turtles. The turtle one cost 400,000 som/$41.99 USD. They were nice but I didn’t have any use for them.
From there, I sent to a wood-carving workshop. I saw more book stands, tables, and more. One table was 6.5 million som, or about $600 USD. He also made seats, tables, plates, and an incredible chessboard! Everything was so unique!
Further on was the Artisan Development Center, where they use red copper and yellow brass. There were nice bracelets there, and the nice guy there gave me a copper bracelet as a gift!
I also saw a woman making rings, earrings, and more bracelets. Then, it was time to eat some incredible Uzbekistan food at Old Bukhara Restaurant!
We started with a huge spread of tomato salad, meat and beans with chickpeas, eggplant with tomatoes, and more. The eggplant with tomatoes was like a bruschetta! The tomato and onion salad was juicy and out of this world! The beef with string beans and chickpeas was very moist and fresh.
Next was a wine and a bread with cheese inside. The mastava, a beef soup with rice and vegetables, had so many flavors! The rice had absorbed some of the broth. I added yogurt to it, which added a creaminess.
Next was lamb with potatoes and onion. It was so buttery. It was the best lamb I’d had on the trip so far! It was super tender and practically fell apart on my fork.
Dessert was a chocolate souffle with vanilla ice cream, which was like chocolate pudding with melted chocolate throughout! It was amazing!
Wow! What a meal of incredible Uzbekistan food!
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Uzbekistan STREET FOOD Tour of Chorsu Bazaar - Hasib, Honim & Norin | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
My whirlwind time in Tashkent, Uzbekistan continued with an unforgettable Uzbekistan street food tour of Chorsu Bazaar, where I tried incredible traditional dishes like hasib, honim, and norin. Come along with me on my exciting Uzbekistan street food market visit!
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Chorsu Bazaar is the largest and oldest traditional bazaar in Tashkent. Inside the massive, domed complex, you can find vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, and vendors. There are also vendors outside selling street food, and a nearby market that sells crafts and silks.
We headed to the left, straight to the food. There was a small vegetable market, where I could see cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, and much more!
The street food was down some stairs and to the right. I could see people eating somsas and corn. The smell was incredible! I started with some lamb sausage made of intestines called hasib. It was super tender and was full of flavor! Then I tried some horse meat with cheese called norin. The horse meat was dense and gamy, but so tasty!
Next, I tried honim, which is like a dumpling made with tomatoes, chilies, and onion. We took some honim, norin, and hasib to a nearby table to eat in the communal dining hall. The hasib was down in a soup. The tender meat absorbed the flavor of the broth. I could tell it had never been frozen!
The homim was filled with potatoes and topped with onion. The flavor was similar to an Italian pasta. The dough was thin and you get lots of filling. The potatoes inside are thinly sliced. I served us some tea for my throat.
The narib was like a horse salad. The cheese was really nice and didn’t have a lot of flavor. Most of the flavor was in the horse meat. I loved the crunch of the onions.
Then, I went with the beef kebab, which is cooked in lamb fat. It was phenomenal! The combination of the two was insane. It’s one of the best kebabs I’ve ever had in my life! It had a bread crust. But the hasib was my favorite!
I woke up with no voice, but the green tea was helping!
The meal cost me about 56,000 som, or about $5 or $6 USD. Everyone was so nice and friendly. Next, we found some plov, which is the national dish. It’s a mix of rice, raisins, vegetables, peppers, egg, and beef.
The main section of the bazaar had lots of souvenirs like clothes, pottery, hand-painted plates, and more. Finally, we headed into the domed section of the complex. It was all meat and spices, as well as dried fruits, nuts, and spices. It felt like a massive stadium! The smell was amazing!
There were lamb, beef, horse, and chicken everywhere. The butcher taught me to chop some meat. Then I saw some huge horse sausage, a horse heart, and some huge beef liver. There were so many cuts of meat, as well as organ meat, cow bones, and more.
On the second floor were nuts, dried fruits, and spices. From there, I had an amazing view of the whole domed market. I tried a dried apricot, which I loved! It was like fruit chewing gum. Then, I tried a prune, which was very dense and dry. They’re dried in the shade, so they don’t lose all their moisture!
Next, I had a dried kiwi, which was the best kiwi ever. It was nice, moist, and dense. There were also platters of nuts and fruits. There were hundreds of vendors. Then, we visited the souvenir market.
We passed restaurants, fruits, and spices to get there. The aroma was unreal! We passed through a maze-like clothing market. Everything was super affordable.
The souvenir shop had lots of vests and figurines of old men. There were also beautiful traditional hats, leather boots, and more. I got a fruit bowl, a jewelry box for my niece, and a hat as a gift. What a day!
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Partying in UZBEKISTAN! Uzbek Food, Dancers & Hookah | Buhkara, Uzbekistan
After an amazing day exploring the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bukhara, it was time for my new friends and I to let loose and have some fun with some Uzbek food, dancers, and hookah! Come along with me as I go partying in Uzbekistan!
We started off with dinner on a terrace in Nodira Devon Begi Madrasah! The madrasah is a school that was built in 1622. There were lots of vendors around us, with over 70 people seated around 25 tables in the middle.
Our dinner began with a cabbage salad, eggplant, figs, somsas, tomatoes and zucchini, cold cuts, and more!
I started with the somsa, which was really beefy and had a nice crunch. I loved the layers in it. I could eat five of them a day, easy! As we ate, we watched traditional female dancers perform to music. They wore beautiful, traditional clothing and put on an amazing show.
Next, I dug into the eggplant salad, which was very nice! Then, I tried a pepper, which wasn’t spicy but was very watery. After that, I did a shot of vodka as the performances continued!
My next dish was a beef soup with vegetables and noodles. It was so rich and flavorful. I loved the yellow carrots in it! Then we had some royal vodka as the singers, musicians, and dancers performed. It wasn’t long before my fellow influencers and I hit the dance floor and went a little nuts! This is what partying in Uzbekistan is all about!
Our last dish was tomatoes, potatoes, and beef in a pot. It was like a soup and was boiling hot! We followed that up with more shots of vodka and cognac from Bukhara!
Then, I hung out with some of my fellow Italians and smoked some hookah. I wasn’t used to it, at first, but I got into it after a while!
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Traditional UZBEK FOOD + Tour of the HOLIEST CITY in Uzbekistan | Bukhara, Uzbekistan
After arriving in the ancient UNESCO city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan along the Silk Road, I hit the ground running by having some traditional Uzbek food before heading out to explore. Come along with me as I go on a tour of the holiest city in Uzbekistan!
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Bukhara is one of the most important cities in Uzbekistan and dates back to 500 BC. It was the second-most important city in the Islamic world back in the 9th century after Baghdad. I couldn’t wait to explore but first, it was time to eat at Labi Hauz Restaurant!
We passed through an amazing bazaar with vendors selling lots of bags, jewelry, hats, and handicrafts to get to the restaurant. It was next to a beautiful pond. We ordered a big spread including eggplant salad, salad with cheese and olives, salad with fried potatoes on top, tomatoes, and yogurt sauce!
The eggplant was outstanding and the yogurt sauce was sweet and delicious! Next was an amazing mixture of beets, meat, and fried potatoes. The somsa was buttery, juicy, and fatty with had nice layers and juicy tomatoes inside!
Then, we were served some strong Uzbek vodka; delicious lamb soup containing yellow carrots, potato, and lamb fat; white wine; and the national dish, plov!
The plov contained rice, yellow carrots, and raisins, and lamb meat. The lamb was gelatinous and tasted like brains! Then, we had salty, fatty lamb kebabs with onion. It was as good as Greek lamb and had a char on the outside.
We finished with some vanilla ice cream with a bread stick. It was great, but it gave me brain freeze!
After lunch, I visited the Bukhara Jewish Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Bukhara. It’s 420 years old, where I saw the Torah, which is essentially the Jewish bible. Then, we visited a puppet workshop.
Inside, they made puppets. We got to see how they make the puppets using a mixture of water and flour. We also got a demonstration of how they make the puppets dance! I wanted to buy two of them! You can get a pair for 500,000 som, or about $50 USD.
Outside, I tried on a fur hat before we continued on to under a dome where there were a few vendors. It used to be a domed bank! Then, back outside, I saw a vendor selling lots of beautiful, affordable, handmade decorative plates.
Then, we visited the Magoki Attor Mosque, which dates back to the 12th century. It looked really ancient, like it was made of sandstone. I could see parts that had been restored. I had never seen a mosque like it! We also visited an archaeological site unearthed 6 years ago that contains ruins of a hammam from the 16th century.
I went back to the hat vendors in the second bazaar. The hats were status symbols and denoted your nationality! The big, woolly hat I tried on was so hot!
Next up, I found a vendor selling scissors, padlocks, and knives that he carves into different shapes, including animals! Then, I visited a madrasa built during the Islamic Period. It’s a craftsman workshop but used to be a school. Across from it is another madrasa, where I bought two shirts for 100,000 som, or about $10 USD.
Next, I visited a famous tea shop called the Oriental Tea House. The tea was minty and had lots of spices in it, but no sugar. We enjoyed it with a traditional halwa before heading to Kalyan Minaret, which is part of a complex containing two madrasas and a mosque. We got government approval to go to the top!
It was dark inside and the stairs were steep. The trek was intense, but the view of the mosque, madrasa, and old city with the setting sun was unreal!
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Exotic UZBEKISTAN FOOD - Horse Salad & Vodka + Silk FACTORY TOUR | Termez, Uzbekistan
My adventures in Termez, the hottest and southernmost city in Uzbekistan, continued with a tour of an amazing local silk factory and a delicious dinner of exotic Uzbekistan food like horse salad, and some vodka, of course! Come along with me as I continue exploring the city of Termez!
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Termez is located right next to the Uzbek/Afghan border and is famous because it marks the beginning of the Silk Road in Uzbekistan. Speaking of silk, my afternoon adventures began at a silk factory called Surxon Ipagi.
Inside, I could see them pulling the silk from the cocoons. My guide, Otabek explained the process of pulling silk from the cocoons with the machines. One cocoon provides one kilometer of silk!
The factory was huge! They have over 1,200 rolls and each one is 8 kilometers. They produce about 10,000 km of silk per day and 10 tons of silk fiber in a month!
This factory’s process was a little different from the one at the silk factories in China. I had never seen a factory like this. I hadn’t yet seen the process in Uzbekistan; so far, I had only seen the weaving.
After they pull 8 kilometers of silk on a roll, it’s washed and dried. The cocoons are grown in nearby villages, taken to warehouses, dried, and sorted by women along conveyor belts. They separate and clean them and throw out any waste. The good ones go to the factory.
Once they wash and dry the rolls, they’re brought to a room where five rolls are brought to an area and combined into one 40-km band. There are five bands that spin, which equals 200 kilometers! I couldn’t believe how much silk that was!
Then, they prepare the silk fibers for exporting. The women clean the fibers and then collect five pieces together, roll, and press them. Then, they’re put in paper packages and marked.
Inside the shop, they have lots of things, mostly for women. They have amazing scarves for 100,000 som, or about $10 USD. I had never seen silk this affordable before. I bought my wife 4 beautiful scarves!
Then, we headed to dinner. The temperature had easily dropped more than 20 degrees now that the sun had gone down. It’s always like that in the desert. The days are scorching while the nights are really cold.
We arrived at Restaurant Dubai, is a beautiful building that sells lots of different cuisines and has an outdoor terrace upstairs. I only wanted Uzbek food. We started with some Uzbek vodka on the terrace, followed by some tender, juicy beef with bread. I also enjoyed a lot of vodka and some pure watermelon juice!
Next, I had a soup called galupsi, which is sweet peppers stuffed with rice and beef. It was monstrous and tasty, with a rich, flavorful broth.
Next was a boiled meat soup with juicy pieces of fat and peppers. I loved the tasty vegetable broth. It was my favorite Uzbek soup so far.
Then, we got some more Uzbek salads. The first had peas, cucumber, and meat, while the second contained sausage, tomatoes, and more meat. The one with peas was very refreshing and a little oily. It had a small amount of meat in it. The beef, sausage, and tomato salad was a delicious combination.
Next was norin, a dish I had tried in Tashkent. It consists of horse meat with a wheat pasta. It was too good! The meat was gamy. This pasta tasted more like pasta. The one in Tashkent had tasted more like cheese! I loved it!
My next dish was chickpeas with tender beef. There was also a nice broth in it and a giant hunk of fat that I had to break up in it. The fat was so amazing!
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I focus a great deal on food and historical sites, as you probably have seen! I love to experience the different flavors that each destination has to offer, from casual street food to gourmet restaurant dining. I’m also passionate about learning about the local history and culture.
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Trekking the Planet: Uzbekistan - Silk Road Oasis
Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as they cover the extreme contrasts of mysterious Uzbekistan. You will see the sites from Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara - all cities on the ancient Silk Road to China. You will visit a tiny village in the Nuratau Mountains, a yurt camp in the Kyzyl Kum Desert and Khiva - known as the museum city. At the end of the video, you will be treated to an interview of a 92-year-old elder who tells about his life during Soviet times.
Aerial Silk Duo from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Silk weavers
Women weaving silk carpets in a workshop in Khiva. It takes three women about four months to weave a medium-sized carpet.
Uzbekistan, the Silk Road Treasures
Uzbekistan 2019: Margilan - Rishton - Kokand - Nukus - Khiva - Bukhara - Samarkand - Shakhrisabz - Tashkent