Uzbekistan Travel Videos, DVD, Touring, Sightseeing, Vacation, Destination
Central Asia: Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan - Travel Video.
Item Code : GLOB18089
Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides. In the heart of Central Asia are the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, an area of vast inaccessible wilderness, surrounded by harsh deserts and high mountains. They were once on the ancient caravan routes and their towns were oases on the Great Silk Road. Traveler Ian Wright's journey begins in Uzbekistan where he travels through the ancient cities of Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand and on to the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. He then ventures into Kyrgyzstan where he takes in the remote Tian Shan Mountains and the Arshane Valley. Along the Way... $_$_START_LIST ? Attend a wedding where festivities include ram-butting and wrestling. ? Hitch a ride on an old Red Army helicopter. ? Earn some extra money picking cotton. ? Go on a horse trek and meet nomadic shepherds. ? Share a meal with the locals and eat a sheep's eye. $_$_END_LIST
Uzbekistan A Musical Tour of the Country's Past and Present - Travel Video.
$24.95 DVD All Regions Worldwide
Item Code : NAXS20804
DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places This tour of Uzbekistan takes us to Bukhara and to Khiva, former oases on the old Silk Road that joined East and West. Their great buildings, mosques and medrese, reflect their former importance under successive rulers, with monuments of Islamic architecture and decorative art. The Music Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov held a leading position among the Russian nationalist composers of the nineteenth century. His symphonic suite Sheherazade, based on episodes from The Arabian Nights, provides an apt accompaniment to a tour of Uzbekistan. The music chosen also includes the musical picture Sadko, based on a watery legend that takes the hero of the title into the depths of the sea.
Central Asia: Kirghizstan & Uzbekistan Travel Video.
$19.95 VHS
Item Code : LONE18090
Lonely Planet (same as the Globe Trekker video above)