Historic Treasures of Uzbekistan by Peter Clarke

Author:Peter Clarke [Clarke, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Samaarkand, Khiva, Kyzyl-kum Desert, Shakhrisabz, Great Silk Road, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane
Publisher: Collca Limited
Published: 2013-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Bukhara

Today, it stands in all its restored glory in a slightly sunken terraced area which captures the heat. It is well over 35°C today and unfortunately the heat claims another victim, Mary, so Laura has to arrange for a taxi to take her back to the hotel. This heat is really fierce and I, for one, am certainly not used to such high temperatures. There is no humidity so it is essential to keep drinking water to prevent dehydration.

As we walk across a small dusty park, I spot in the distance against the vivid blue cloudless sky, a huge white entrance sandwiched in between two sheer sandstone walls. This is the Ark Citadel and from a distance it is ‘Taj Mahal-esque’ in its jaw-dropping splendour.

I have to kerb my enthusiasm because before we get to the Ark, we stop at the Bolo Hauz Mosque. Splendid as it is with its elegant colonnaded façade I am distracted by the magnificence of what lies over the road.

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