Tag: Kick wheel

• Day 12

  Margilan, Uzbekistan Textiles We returned to the Marg’ilon Craft Center the next morning because the ladies had not been there the day before. Now we got many demonstrations of their weaving techniques. Grapes Impromptu stop where our driver saw locals harvesting their Lady Finger Grapes to sell to Russia. They enjoyed giving us some to…

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  October 19, 2026

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  Artisan, Carpet, Central Asia, Ceramics, Cotton, Damas, Drop spindle, embroidery, Fergana valley, Grapes, Ikat, Kick wheel, Loom, Margilan, Mouth harp, Needlecraft, Painting, Pomegranate, Pottery, Rishtan, Silk, silk road, Spinning wheel, Textiles, Tiles, travel, Uyghur, Uzbekistan, Weaving, Wet felting, Womens cooperative, Wool

• Day 14

  Khujand, Tajikistan An introduction to Tajikistan We crossed borders from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan. Khujand is the City of Almonds. Went without internet connection much of the time in Tajikistan (outside the hotel). Like each of the stans we visited, we happened to be there for their 35th Anniversary of Independence. Below are notes quoting our…

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  October 17, 2026

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  Alexander the Great, Archeology, Border War, Central Asia, Emomali Rahmon, Farm workers collective, Fortress, Great Patriotic War, History, Independence Day, Khujand, Kick wheel, King Solmoni, Metalwork, Museum, Musical instruments, Oxus River, Pomegranate, silk road, Stone cutting, Syr Darya, Tajikistan, Timur, Transoxiana, travel, Urunhodzhaev, Urunkhojaev