We finally made it into Bukhara after a looooooong driving day through the desert. The trip took more time than anticipated – due to bad road conditions and our over-cautious bus drivers (who were very concerned about their new bus … and hardly got it beyond 60 km/h).

With our hotel straight in the center (literally next to Mir-i-Arab Medressa), I took the opportunity and used the time between arrival and dinner to get some first impressions of town.