I hope this finds you well. We started our tour of Uzbekistan in Tașkent, the capital city of modern Uzbekistan, which only came into being in 1991, with the breakup of the USSR, under Mihail Gorbachev. It is a city of fascinating contradictions: an extensive subway system with gorgeous, ornate stations and bullet trains linking cities that reach 125 mph, but also hotels where the government shuts off the electricity in the middle of the night. Hotels have generators that kick in, but ALL...

Cappadocia & Ephesus

Hi, I hope this finds you well as the summer winds down and the fall begins. If you feel like doing some arm-chair traveling, you can now...