Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Arslanbob
Hike through walnut
forests and past waterfalls to
the Köl Mazar lakes (four days)
or Kyzyl Ünkür (seven days).
Topic guides and horses through
CBT. (p288)
Bazaars
Haggling for carpets, cam-
els or car parts is perhaps
the quintessential Central
Asian activity.
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
The riverside
Osh Bazaar bustles every day,
but goes mad on Sunday, and is
a great place to pick up a white
Kyrgyz
ak-kalpak
(traditional
felt hat). (p292)
Kumtepa Bazaar, Uzbekistan
Sunday ofers the best selection
of local
khanatlas
(tie-dyed
silks) and Uzbek white-beards
at this rollicking market 5km
outside Margilon. (p167)
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The
Siob Bazaar is the city's most
photogenic place to stock up
on fruit and hot bread, in the
shadows of the epic ruined Bibi-
Khanym Mosque. (p179)
Carpet-shopping
Bukhara
(p198), Khiva (p209) and Ashga-
bat (p382) are the best places
to invest in this quintessential
Silk Road souvenir, and don't
forget Kyrgyz felt
shyrdaks
(p277) in Kochkor.
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Sunday and
Wednesday mornings are the
best times to day-trip from
Samarkand to this village
bazaar, strong on jewellery and
suzani
textiles. (p181)
Andijon
The Jahon Bazaar is the
biggest in the Uzbek Fergana
Valley, especially on Sunday and
Thursday. (p168)
(Top)
Woman drinking tea, Urgut bazaar (p181), Uzbekistan
(Bottom)
Dome of Tilla-Kari Medressa (p171), Samarkand, Uzbekistan
