All of us stayed in different places in Bukhara and the next day Luchs pushed on for Khiva while Donkey and me stayed in Bukhara to explore. How they managed to cover Bukhara in a day was beyond me. It was small alright, but I felt that this silk road city was a place where I could really slow down and just soak in the atmosphere.
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| Bukhara and its many monuments and buildings that looks like a storybook from Aladin |
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| Simply Beautiful Architecture in Bukhara |
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| A Fruit Shop in Bukhara |
I ended up the first day in Bukhara playing chess with the locals. Two boys were just playing their own game in front of their shop and I stood watching their game and once it ended, I was offered a game. One game let to another and a good two hours was spend playing with the boys until the father came up and stop the game for lunch. If I had hang around I would have probably be treated to lunch as well but I carefully excused myself to go see at least one attraction in Bukhara.
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| Watching the Boys playing chess at their Fathers Carpet Shop |
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| I got a few games in ... Did not know Chess was popular in Uzbekistan |
Chor Minor was a unique little Madrasah which was unique even with all the old buildings in Bukhara. A long walk under the hot sun but it was beautiful and I was enjoying the slow pace travel now after a chaotic Tajikistan.
I took a good long walk in Bukhara but only manage to cover the eastern half for the day. The historical monuments were definitely eye-catching but going round the building shows how much in deterioration it was going through. The restoration efforts seems to be just enough to keep the tourist interested but not enough for it to be fully occupied and functional as a dwelling or business shop beyond the few near the arch.
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| Chor Minor - Bukhara |
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| Poyi Kalon - Bukhara |
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| Poyi Kalon - Bukhara |
The next day I decided to stay another night while Donkey push on for Khiva. I was more or less done with rushing the sightseeing and since I had an extended timeframe now with Tajikistan taking less time than anticipated, it was about time to really slow down and catch up with rest and chores like writing the journal entry.
That night however, my computer decided to go crazy. Screen was just blank but with lights on and no matter how much I tried with the long power button, short power button, F2, ctrl+shift+B or any other gimmick recommended from the internet, the screen refuse to show the normal startup. I tracked down the computer service shop the next day and they managed to fix my computer at a cheap but costly price to me.
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| Getting My Laptop Fixed in Uzbekistan |
My SSD hardisk was fried. The computer store could fix it for a small fee of 400,000 som (USD 40) but then I would lose every data I had in the whole HDD. There were not much important files in the computer as most of my backup photos was already in external HDD but the one thing I lost painfully was the 2024 journal. All my entry from China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was gone and it was not going to be easy to remember the finesse, nuance with so much going on.
The next few days would be at least a crazy writing time to recall back as much as possible before resorting to boring blanks filling. At least I would have a complete Uzbekistan entry.
Travelled on: Jul 2024
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