Tag: Silk Road
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BAKU – AZERBAIJAN
23/6/23 – 26/6/23 After spending most of the morning procrastinating, I finally got my act together and sorted myself out for my upcoming series of flights, and caught the train to the airport. Like any good traveller, I had tried to check in online beforehand. Unfortunately, it is not a seamless operation, namely because the…
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SAIGON – VIETNAM
28/1/23 – 31/1/23 I finally found my accommodation for my time in Saigon – 60 Inn, located down an alley not far from Tao Dan Park. This accommodation was really well situated and came equipped with a small kitchen – not that I intended to do any cooking! – and the owner, Sonny, was still…
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KHIVA – UZBEKISTAN
29/6/2022 – 2/7/2022 I woke up this morning, ate breakfast, and made sure that I was ready to depart for Khiva. There are several ways to get from Bukhara to Khiva, including a train line, private drivers, shared taxis, and marshrutkas. I had spoken to the guy who ran the place I had stayed at…
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BUKHARA – UZBEKISTAN
26/6/2022 – 29/6/2022 To get from Samarkand to Bukhara, I had decided to forgo the comfort of the Afrosiyob train in favour of the Soviet-built Sharq train, both so I could leave Samarkand later, and so that I could experience some historical Soviet engineering. I left the guesthouse at around 11:00am, and caught a Yandex…
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SAMARKAND – UZBEKISTAN
22/6/2022 – 26/6/2022 This morning, I woke up early, gathered my things, woke up the hotel manager (who was asleep on the couch by his desk!) and checked out. Whilst waiting for a Yandex I had ordered to the train station – you absolutely need this app on your phone if you’re travelling in Uzbekistan,…
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ISTANBUL – TÜRKIYE
13/6/2022 – 19/6/2022 Following a relatively uneventful flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur, and a quick layover in Kuala Lumpur, I found myself in the middle seat of the middle row of a Turkish Airlines 777 as we hurtled our way towards Istanbul. To be fair, I *did* sleep for about half the flight, but…
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