Destinations Samarkand, Uzbekistan 3 blogsFive Stans 2026 | Day 21Bukhara to SamarkandI like to split up trips, especially longer ones, into different “legs”. A few days in Almaty, Kazakhstan was leg one. Then a week and a half exploring Kyrgyzstan and… read moreFive Stans 2026 | Day 22Exploring SamarkandThis leg of the trip we’re going to visit 5 different cities here in Uzbekistan and in Tajikistan over the next week and a half. That means we’re moving from… read moreFive Stans 2026 | Day 23Taxi Adventures in TajikistanToday we crossed into our 5th “stan” country and, for me, country number 70 was crossed off my list. We had another long travel day ahead of us so we… read more