My wife and I are going to have 1.5 days or so, to explore the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand. Originally the plan was to take a week and explore a couple of places (Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva) but our plans changed and now we only have enough time for a quick jaunt around Samarkand.
Uzbekistan, prior to the Pandemic was quickly emerging as a new hub of international tourism. They had recently completed a high-speed rail network that linked all of the Silk Road cities together, making train travel from Tashkent quick and easy. Here's a look at one of the trains that we will use to get to Samarkand (344km), about a 2hr 15 minute high-speed train ride away. It costs around $12 one-way, for an economy class ticket.
Samarkand looks phenomenal, I can't wait to see it. It's one of the ancient Silk Road cities that's still pretty much intact (most of Tashkent's old city was destroyed in the 1960's during a huge earthquake, so most of that is old Soviet architecture and history, which will be an interesting contrast to Samarkand). It has a ton of history. I will save my fingers from typing and post a couple of video's from Samarkand that best highlight what there is to see.....
Looks awesome to me! I can't wait to see some of the sites and try some of the local food. The kebabs, plov and breads have me watering at the mouth......
- Matt
Uzbekistan, prior to the Pandemic was quickly emerging as a new hub of international tourism. They had recently completed a high-speed rail network that linked all of the Silk Road cities together, making train travel from Tashkent quick and easy. Here's a look at one of the trains that we will use to get to Samarkand (344km), about a 2hr 15 minute high-speed train ride away. It costs around $12 one-way, for an economy class ticket.
Samarkand looks phenomenal, I can't wait to see it. It's one of the ancient Silk Road cities that's still pretty much intact (most of Tashkent's old city was destroyed in the 1960's during a huge earthquake, so most of that is old Soviet architecture and history, which will be an interesting contrast to Samarkand). It has a ton of history. I will save my fingers from typing and post a couple of video's from Samarkand that best highlight what there is to see.....
Looks awesome to me! I can't wait to see some of the sites and try some of the local food. The kebabs, plov and breads have me watering at the mouth......
- Matt