To be blunt that's probably all you need. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad place but I haven't seen anything that really stands out. We're told that it can be viewed as the old city and the new city. The trouble with that is that anything really old has long since been flattened in once of the fairly frequent earthquakes. And anything new was built in the Soviet era, or the post Soviet era, so lots of glass and concrete.
If that sounds unduly negative, then to redress the balance leery me day that the impression I'll take away is of a very green city. There are lots of green spaces between the buildings and many trees. What they describe as Independence Square is really Independence Park. We saw it in the heat of the afternoon but it must be a pleasant place to stroll in the evening.
I found the bazaar disappointing. How can so many stalls selling socks exist so close together? Or come to that, potatoes? But no open air cafes or coffee shops. This could definitely be the next big opportunity for Costa!
Early start tomorrow, off to Urgench and then Khiva . WiFi permitting, I'll report more tomorrow.
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