Uzbekistan, Bukhara and hidden story of the ancient Silk Road
Under the pristine madrasah in Bukhara Lys blue-tiled Lyabi Hauz square, the pools were still standing. Men wearing long tunics were sitting in the roadside cafes, sipping tea from silver teapots. The narrow streets led to four-door towers surrounding the city center, where hawkers sold embroidered jackets, dried spices and leather shoes. Whatever I imagined about the ancient Silk Road cities of the steppe of Central Asia, they all came true.
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