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Looking across from the Bazaar is the Friday Mosque we had just visited.

Bill checking out the meat as he walks down the meat section.

Notice the lack of refrigeration of any of the meats hanging out in the air.

More watermelons inside the Bazaar

Lots of fresh tomatoes for sale

Dried nuts and dried fruits

Look at all the fresh baked breads for sale

Great photo shot of inside the Bazaar. It one of the cleanest well kept Bazaars we have seen on the trip to date.

Purchasing that specific cut of beef. No refrigeration.

Bazaar is well organized.

Great selection of fresh fruits all locally grown.

More fresh break being delivered.

This break has to be only minutes old out of the ovens. Notice no wrapping protection around any of the breads we have seen.

Notice they are throwing watermelons from one person to the other to stack.

Inside the Historical Museum of Suchd Region lobby area. No cameras were allowed beyond this point.

Statue of Timur Malik a National Hero of the Tajik people. The new name honors a medieval military hero who in 1220 led the people of Khujand in their struggle against the Mongol occupation.

Khujand was a major city along the ancient Silk Road. After being captured by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, it was renamed Alexandria Eschate and has since been part of various empires in history, including the Umayyad Caliphate , 8th century, the Mongol Empire, 13th century, and the Russian empire, 19th century. Today, the majority of its population are ethnic Tajiks and the city is close to the borders of both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

This morning after one last drive around the city, we see an old air plane in a city park for the kids to play around, maybe even in it. We then drove to the border crossing between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and said goodbye to Boss, who was a fantastic guide in Tajikistan. Crossing these borders, is an adventure. You have to walk and drag your suitcase a long distance between the two borders and re enter again with the visas we had to get back into Uzbekistan. After two hours, walking between countries and immigration, we drove by bus back to Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the night. Then we flew in the morning to Almaty, Kazakhstan our next stop on the trip of The Stans.

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