a2b - Crotos - Bukhara
One day’s worth of travelling into Uzbekistan and, although Lent may not be a 100% happy bunny [he still has a sore stomach], his mood lifts noticeably. The border crossing takes only 2 hours, whereas the previous one took all night. Even the temperature has dropped to a mear 33 degrees C.
“In Bukhara, archeology has revealed the mutual influences of eastern (Chinese) and western (Greek) influences in the local crafts (pottery) and of course the trading goods passing through this oasis since the second millennium BC. In a cultural sense at least, we are now half way between Greece and China.”
More to come in a few days time.
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