Uzbekistan - Silk Road, Flying Carpets & Synagogues

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 49

Mark and David fulfill a lifetime ambition with a trip to Uzbekistan in Central Asia to meet the friendliest of nations including today's leaders of the country's ancient Jewish communities.

This time:

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Happy birthday Catherine

The Tashkent International Tourism Fair - the big launch

Music and dance, Uzbek style

A dip into magical Khiva

Gold embroidery, from Bukhara with love

Uzbek wine is pretty good

Reunited at last

1,250-year-old mikvah in a Jewish cemetery 

The Bukhara Jewish leader has quite the voice

An ancient synagogue

The Zoroastrians were here

Sabina, the Hebrew-speaking flying-carpet saleswoman

The most beautiful square on earth?

Mark and David were guests of Uzbekistan.travel, Tashkent International Tourism Fair, Silk Road Samarkand, Uzbekistan Airways and Air Marakanda.

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