Our one last stop before the train back to Tashkent was the Tomb of St Daniel. He was an Old Testament Prophet whose remains were brought back here from territories conquered by Timur. It was believed the remains would help protect the KingdomThe first thing you notice is how long the Tomb is like a train carriage. Legend says it grows by one foot each year and eventually the two ends will circle the earth and join together.The real reason was to hide the locatio...

I thought I was done exploring the Samarkand History Museum and was making my way out the grounds when the staff started waving me to goto the side building. Another lady darted across the grounds with a bunch of keys and quickly opened the door for me and turned on the lights.I was surprised that this was a Jewish History Museum as there was no signage to indicate one was here. My guide did mention some records and photos but I didnt know it was an actual museum...

It was now past 10am and the local history museum close to my hotel should now have opened. My guide didnt describe it to be of particular interest although I think it was a worthy trip once I had finished.Walking on my first night I came across two signs for museums almost facing each other. My guide kept saying there wasnt any other museum but when I came walking again this morning there was a building that clearly said 'museum' on its doorway.They wouldnt let ...

Next was the highlight of my mornings walk and the opportunity to finally visit St Alexsey's Russian Orthodox Cathedral which we kept driving past and which I had tried to walk back to myself on my first night unsuccessfully.As I was back on the main university boulevard we always turned off it was very easy to get to now. Fortunately today the weather was clearing and we had picturesque clear blue skies.The Church is untypical of our impression of Russian Orthod...

This morning I had several hours freetime to explore Samarkand city by myself before my guide and driver would return at lunchtime. Nearby was a city museum and I was still hoping to goto the main Orthodox Church we kept driving by.There was a brief blackout again when I woke at 7am. I was told this is for construction work to make electrical connections and they try to keep it brief. After breakfast I started my wandering around.I saw something with Seoul Korea ...