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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Lovely photos Ila, cant wait for Part III

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

Ila, the pictures! Thanks for taking us on a tour of Samarkand. Also, hi to Ulugh Beg. Sounds like a baller dude.

Can't wait for part III.

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Sneaky Footprint's avatar

Love your Uzbek experience Ila. I just discovered your newsletter, went back and read through the part-1 as well.. totally WOW'ed!

I recently hosted a podcast episode on Iran, with a guest who travelled there a little while back.. The guest shared a bunch of photos from his trip there and it included pictures of the Shah mosque (in Isfahan). I noticed that several photos of the Registan Square you shared here are so similar to the Shah mosque. (The square in Isfahan is called the Naqsh-e Jahan Square).

Enjoyed your story and now waiting for Part III :)

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you! Iran is on my bucketlist too, hopefully once things there are a bit calmer. The Shah mosque sounds lovely, will check out your podcast :)

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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

The pictures are stunning! Every post you publish bumps Uzbekistan a few places up on my places-to-visit list.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Rohan! I assure you it’s worth a visit and the photos don’t even come close :)

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Ayush's avatar

Excellent. And such amazing pictures. Ulugh Begg is such a fascinating character.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Quite an outlier indeed! Thanks for reading, Ayush :)

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