New Photos - Khiva

By Steve Bouey in

Khiva is another ancient Silk road town in Uzbekistan and lies just a few kilometers north of Turkmenistan. Khiva is one of the western-most towns in Uzbekistan and beyond the historic walls of this mythical place lies the barren and inhospitable Qizilqum Desert. Khiva would be our last stop before heading out into the desert and the uncertainty of the remote western border crossing back into Kazakhstan.

Khiva sits just across the border from TurkmenistanSwinger reflects on his time in KhivaThe streets of Khiva were totally empty when we arrivedWandering the streets of Khiva was like exploring a maze with new surprises around every cornerNot long after sunrise, the streets and markets begin to come to life in KhivaAlthough smaller than Bukhara, Khiva has just as much charm and intrigue Khiva had a slightly different style of architecture than Samarkand and BukharaNothing out of the ordinary I guess, we are in the middle of the desert on the Silk RoadThe trademark sky blue tiles are still fully utilized in KhivaThis guy saw that Karie was not wearing a headscarf and ran away in fearYou can get lost wandering around the streets and alleys of KhivaAncient market stalls or prison cells? Swinger was not amused when we tried to trade him for some textiles Life seems to move at a much more acceptable pace in KhivaTash tries on a cashmere scarf at one of the many market stalls in Khiva Looks like a match, now its time to bargainFish from the nearby river for sale at the market in KhivaEven small market stalls pop up in the most random of placesThe local CD shop, complete with listening stationThe simplest of things can capture your attention for long periods of time in KhivaTrying to figure out if we can drive through the front gate of the city of KhivaLife seems to move at a much more acceptable pace in Khiva

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This entry was written by Steve Bouey, posted on February 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm, filed under New Photos, Uzbekistan. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. Hey Steve:
    I really enjoyed the last blog in January 30, 2008. It actually brought a few teart to my eyes as you related the time we spent together in Hilpolstein, GA. I only wish I wasn’t on the wrong end of my bi-polar personality at that time. The neat thing is that Oley Sheremeta (the GORE north American representative is coming onboard this month with MOR; we’ll get all his clients and he’s a neat guy). He and his wife will be doing Ironman Germany in June 2008 and he’s thrown down a challenge, like you did in Madison, WI, that I do one before I turn sixty-five.

    So I guess that it comes down to taking one hour a day and getting Bouey senior back into shape. I am getting a bike to start my training now that Skyline Blvd. is closed to traffic and motorcycles (big slide near Snake Road) and the rides will be safer (a motorcyclist hit and killed and bycilist last year; head on colission). Next there is the masters swim program at Mills College in the mornings and I signed up for a club membership in Utah last week. So in about six months I should be ready to tackle a mini-ironman to see if I can do the real thing in 2009.

    I would like to spend a full month with you when you get the south America, especially Argentina. We have a great dealer there and when we are in his country the treatment will be outstanding. So give me an approximate schedule so I can start planning now. Actually, MOR is taken off so great that we are designing everything from composting facilities to ethanol plants in the midwest and should have a $250 million egg-shaped digester contract to replace San Francisco’s old conventional digester sometime later this year.

    It is superbowl Sunday so I’ll be taking the day off.

    Keep having a great time, but keep safe as well.

    Dad

    john bouey
    Posted February 3, 2008 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

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