Khiva is referred to as an open air museum, because everything is very well preserved to the point of squeezing the life out of it. Still, worth the 12 bucks I spent to see everything!
Back in Korea, a video of what I have to look forward to now. Life in Korea continues at http://wingedeel.blo gspot.com . If anything is video worthy I'll put it up
During the peak season, the town of Samarkand puts on this horrid light show. I find it disrespectful to the buildings and everyone involved with them. (It has to be pretty bad if I find it disrespectful). The buildings themselves are beautiful though.
Merv is a huge site, mostly unexcavated, and we had it all to ourselves that day, in fact I did not see another tourist the entire time I was in the country...maybe that was because I was there in off season?
A buddy of mine found one of these while on a trip to China. Apparently you can get them here in Seoul too, but I have never seen one. It zaps bugs...
Honestly, I have never felt more like a redneck than I did then.
Visiting the Registan during the day is far better than visiting it at night! Just remember to try to haggle on the ticket in, they usually knock off 30-40% right off the bat.
I think I picked a bad day to go, hilarious, but bad. The wind was so strong I couldn't get down from where I was, I had to sit in a puddle for about 5 minutes until the wind died down enough for me to crawl down.
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