Tashkent: Obscurity part of charm; Silk Road: Vendors hawk leather and tapestries at the colorful bazaars

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | March 24, 2002| | Copyright

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Millenniums ago, caravans of camels bearing silk, porcelain and other goods passed through Tashkent, then called Chach, on their way down the Great Silk Road. Chach was a center for farmers and artisans, and an exporter of gold, gemstones, fruit and horses.

Today, however, this city of 2.3 million people doesn't make a great first impression.

The perpetually gray winter sky is an uninspiring backdrop to Soviet-era apartment buildings that wear peeling coats of dingy salmon, lavender and chartreuse paint.

Roofs of corrugated aluminum top rows of squat houses.

Dusty green ...

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