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TheWanderingCamel Says: Sitting on plateau high above the Zerafshan River, the ruins of the Sogdian city of Bunjikath spread out over some 45 acres. At first sight they look like nothing more than a muddle of sunbaked clay mounds and hollows but, begin to walk through the site and it doesn't take...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Dedicated to, and named for, the blind 10thC poet Rudaki who is generally recognised as the father of Persian poetry, Panjakent's museum has been recently, and quite impressively, upgraded. One gallery is dedicated to the poet, another to Tajikistan's very recent status as a...
TheWanderingCamel Says: As everywhere in Central Asia, Panjakent's bazaars are full of colour and life. You'll find the usual mounds of fresh and dried produce under the dome of the general bazaar, and the stalls and mats of the vendors outside are stacked and piled with everything a Tajik...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Panjakent is recorded as having a Friday mosque as early as the 10thC CE, thus elevating it from a village to a town. Newly restored after decades of neglect under Soviet rule, the old Juma (Friday) Mosque is set among roses and shady trees, a tranquil haven in the midst of...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Before you leave the ruins of Bunjakanth, be sure to make your way right across the site to the edge of the plateau. All modern Panjakent is laid out below you, the river and the mountains forming a backdrop to the city. With a pair of binoculars, or even a good zoom on a...
A private house: Bring your appetite
TheWanderingCamel Says: The chances are if, as we did, you come to Panjakent on an organised tour, lunch will be included. Restaurants as we know them in the west being thin on the ground here, that probably means you will, as we did, find yourself in a private house. Be prepared for a feast!!We...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Bring me yon wine which you might'st call a melted ruby in its cup,Or like a scimitar unsheathed, in the sun's noontide light held up. Thou might'st call the cup the cloud, the wine, the raindrop from it cast, Or say the joy that fills the heart whose prayer, long...
TheWanderingCamel Says: With some of our group coming from a tick-prone area, thus being well aware of the problems they can pose, and knowing that areas of rural Tajikistan (and Uzbekistan) are home to the nasty critters, we factored tick-prevention into the general traveller's list of comfortable...
Border formalities - leaving Uzbekistan
TheWanderingCamel Says: Situated as it is only 70km from Samarkand, Panjakent makes an interesting day excursion from the Uzbek city. Not that it's something you can decide to do on the spur of the moment! Not only do you need a Tajik visa, you also need to have a multiple entry visa for Uzbekistan...
Border formalities Part II - Into Tajikistan
TheWanderingCamel Says: With the officious formality of the Uzbek border post behind you and the walk between the two countries nearly at an end, it's time to approach the Tajik border. Back in Uzbekistan, the post is a solid concrete building, with doors marked in and out, an x-ray machine for...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Our visit to Panjakent was planned and paid for along with the cost of our entire tour so I can't say exactly how much we paid for this component. However, knowing not everyone who comes to Uzbekistan does so as a member of a tour group, and as a matter of interest, I...
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With some of our group coming from a tick-prone area, thus being well aware of the problems they can pose, and knowing that areas of rural Tajikistan (and...
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Just 35km from the grand monuments and Russian influence of Uzbekistan's second city, Samarkand, a short walk along a dusty country road takes you from the bureucratic formality of Uzbek customs and...
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