"Traveling - it offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings!" - Ibn Battuta
(The Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis in Samarkand) |
(11 – 22 August 2017)
Route: Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan - Tajikistan
We are going for a Central Asian exploration that need us to travel from Tashkent in Uzbekistan, to Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, and to Dushanbe in Tajikistan, stopping at some of the medieval cities and admiring the stunning architecture and colourful history on the lesser-visited side of the Ancient Silk Road.
This is our second visit to Uzbekistan and our first to Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. In 2009 we visited Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand in Uzbekistan and discovered the mystical, spiritual and historical side of the cities.
(2009 winter holiday in Uzbekistan) |
Central Asia Silk Road Itinerary:
Day 01: Kuala Lumpur - Tashkent, Uzbekistan...
Day 02: Tashkent - Khiva, Uzbekistan
Day 03: Khiva, Uzbekistan - Darvaza, Turkmenistan ...
Day 04: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Day 05: Ashgabat - Mary, Turkmenistan
Day 06: Mary, Turkmenistan - Bukhara, Uzbekistan...
Day 07: Bukhara - Samarkand, Uzbekistan...
Day 08: Samarkand - Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan...
Day 09: Shahrisabz -Termez, Uzbekistan
Day 10: Termez, Uzbekistan - Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Day 11: Dushanbe - Khujand, Tajikistan...
Day 12: Khujand, Tajikistan - Tashkent, Uzbekistan...
Day 13: Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Kuala Lumpur...
Next Trip: Thailand 2017: KKB Betong Trip...
My Overseas Travelogue: munmus.blogspot.com