(Article and photos by Rysa Alenzuela, PhD. Rysa worked and lived in Central Asia for more than a year before moving to Vanuatu also for work. She is now back in the Philippines indefinitely because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.) I went to Uzbekistan because I was invited to speak at a conference and I also wanted to see it. Uzbekistan, dubbed by BBC as The Land of the Thousand Shrines , is famous for its ancient cities – Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Termez, Tashkent. Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan. The name Tashkent, which means “Stone Village” in Uzbek, was first mentioned in the 11th century. Tashkent, Uzbekistan Railway Station Bukhara is an ancient city in south-central Uzbekistan, located about 140 miles (225 km) west of Samarkand. Founded not later than the 1st century CE (and possibly as early as the 3rd or 4th century BCE), Bukhara was already a major trade and crafts center along the famous Silk...
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