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If you read any travel guide for Lamu, I’m sure they all tell you about Ali Hippy. He’s a local man makes his living inviting tourists to his home for a traditional dinner and music. He’s a good salesman and it was a nice experience visiting his thatched hut and meeting his family, mostly because of [...]
World cup fever spread across Europe seemingly following us. From the first games we saw in Germany, to the final match we saw from home, the excitment and energy of the World Cup was inescapable. People cheered for their home team, their neighbor’s home team and the under dog. In Brussels our friend’s neighbors were [...]
We came in the back door to Uzbekistan and it wasn’t until Khiva that we made it onto the “tourist” track. Old and mysterious, Khiva was a lovely introduction to Uzbekistan’s silk road sites. Wandering out of the old city walls, we were greeted by children and families with a familiar “Saalam aleychum”. Wandering into [...]
As the center of the Silk Road, Uzbekistan has a long history of diversity. Not surprising given that traders mingled here for hundreds of years bringing goods from Southeast Asia, China, the Persian Empire, Europe and the Middle East through the region. With their goods of course came people, wives, children, servants and slaves. Then [...]
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