I know it doesn’t seem like a big deal to you. BUT. . .nearly 50 years ago on my first foray outside of the USA

Because Uzbekistan is the cleanest country on earth, in spite of the dusty deserty thing,  they give you plastic booties to wear over your socks

So good bye to the cleanest country on the planet.  The most fabulous monuments. A constant array of yummy eggplant dishes and some great wild

usually Russians are aggressive and surly (except for our friend Leonid) and I was accosted by a man coming from the morning breakfast. I was

Samarkand Many years ago I took a cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg. We stopped at all of the little islands along the way and

This is our high speed train. Do we have one of these in the USA??? No we DON’T!!. SAMARKAND All of us did our research

So we watched the security tapes and NO fanny pack was visible. I went with Hampton to retrace his steps to the last place he

You know I often wonder how people can be so self=absorbed, mean, petty etc. I guess I am naive, OK I know I am, but

Being in such a deeply Muslim country makes us learn about the religion from people who live it, not fanatics who hijack it.  I have

I usually don’t like to take pictures of the “sights” because professional pictures are so readily available on the web. And, really, I am so