All posts tagged: old city

The Secular and Sacred Faces of Khiva

From a bird’s eye perspective, Itchan Kala – the old walled city of Khiva – looked absolutely amazing. Minarets, madrasahs, green and turquoise domes, and sand-colored structures stretched as far as the eyes could see. However, one has to leave the sky and return to […]

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Kaohsiung’s Humble Beginnings

Big cities often have humble beginnings. Manhattan was once a land where the local Lenape people harvested wood for their bows, while Tokyo and Dubai used to be merely fishing villages. Kaohsiung, an economically-important industrial hub whose port is the largest in Taiwan, is no […]

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