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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Plov being prepared.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Central Asian Plov Center

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

One of the murals decorating the Amir Timur museum. Note the mix of Uzbek imagery with the Soviet aesthetic.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Amir Timur (Tamerlane) Museum

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.