In Samarkand, Mr Bissell admires the architectural wonders, while on his way to Bukhara he gets a taste of police methods when suspected of drug dealing.

比塞尔先生很欣赏撒马尔罕的建筑奇观，然而在去布哈拉的路上，他因涉嫌贩毒，尝到了警察的手段。

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Photos from the two old towns - Khiva and Bukhara in Uzbekistan.

以下照片来自乌兹别克斯坦的两个古老的小城镇：基华和布哈拉。

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The subsequent bicycle ride to Bukhara provided ample opportunity to reflect on things.

接下来的一段骑车旅程给我足够多的机会来反思。

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By contrast, the splendid cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are monuments to the Uzbeks' Islamic civilisation.

ECONOMIST: Central Asia

Mr Marozzi has traced in person much of Temur's relentless campaign trail, and he elegiacally shows us how far Samarkand and Bukhara, once the most glorious cities in Asia, have descended.

ECONOMIST: Tamerlane

So popular was the maqom system in the ninth and tenth centuries that numerous music schools were founded, mainly by the Jewish community, in the city of Bukhara, the historical and spiritual centre of Shashmaqom.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage