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Khiva - Our first Khanate

But the ordinary folks still live in the old city - here a fella gets his fingernails trimmed by mum

Impenetrable Khiva - unless you pay at the gate

The only water for miles - and it's right outside our hotel. Time for a swim

The old city is one of mosques, medessas and minarets

The father of algebra did his sums in Khiva

Unfinished minaret. The designer was commissioned to build the tallest one in Central Asia. When found his design wouldn't do th

The old slave market - where the locals trading Russia's finest for four camels apiece

Islamic architecture - wonderful cacaphony of shapes

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