Previously, on “Back in the USSR”: In 1984 I responded to an invitation from the Soviet Sports Committee to visit the Pamir, Central Asia & the Caucasus. We explored the steppes below Pik Lenin and helicoptered into Fortembek base camp for Pik Communizm. Now we were leaving to visit the Silk Road cities of Central… Continue reading Back in the USSR – Part 2: Sweated & Feted – Bukhara & Samarkand