Silk Road Trekking Dispatch

At another dome we stopped to watch gold embroideries being crafted.

One of the most entertaining stops was at the shop of a master puppet maker.

The finished puppet.

The puppets are beautiful works even apart from their movement

Left: Nancy Lee smiled brightly as she watches the demonstrations of puppet movement.

Right: Ken still looked fresh after another long day of discovering Uzbekistan.

Paul Blanchard in Bukhara

After freshening up at our hotel, Charles and Vera were ready to go enjoy dinner with the group at a nearby restaurant

As the group enjoyed what was only our second dinner together memories of the lonely walks through Bukhara had already convinced us we’d come a long way.