Yesterday morning we had discussed packing our puffer jackets away but we needed them again today. Rugged up in our pink and blue we were out to get a more in depth look at Bukhara’s old town .
We started off at Chor Minar, the four minaret mosque. The minarets are actually decorated with symbols of different religions on them . Being a Sunday morning not many people are up and about so we had the place to ourselves .
We then headed to a statue of man on a donkey that is a popular spot for pictures . Savik is going to be in a lot of photos as he climbed on top and no one waited for him to get off . Google tells us that it’s Nazreen , a character quite frequently mentioned in the folklores . Next to it is a beautiful Madrassah that was an inn but the Emir thought it was a Madrassah so it was redone to become one as no one wanted to correct him !!
Across the square was the largest mosque in Bukhara which is active to date . Maybe because it’s a paid attraction there were very few people in there so had a very serene feel to it .
We meandered along to the Bukhara ark (the fort), where we accosted by a large group for photos . We even had babies being handed to us for photos. Somehow we are Indian celebrities, even some photos were taken on the sly, paparazzi shots 😂😂.
In the Ark the children spent most of the time discussing all the ways they could earn money while Jeevan and I actually saw photos and artefacts from the times gone by. Our plan had been to go to the tower next door but after being on the ark we saw all of the city from up above and skipped the tower.
As the kids wanted to go back to the park to try their new skills , we went back there . They spent heaps of time and then had ice cream next door , just like any ordinary Sunday .
Dinner was pizza but the kids favourite part was the cat that landed on Savik and refused to leave his lap . I had read about the cat in the reviews of the restaurant, Savik was stoked that it chose him.
After dinner we headed back to the Kalyan Minaret, Savik spent him time honing his photography skills with Aanya as his model. They had Jeevan and me laughing as we watched them. Nice end to the day even though freezing cold as we walked back.
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