{"id":10612,"date":"2017-10-16T05:34:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T05:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2017-10-19T04:10:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T04:10:44","slug":"9-days-uzbekistan-silk-road-tour-11-april-to-20th-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/9-days-uzbekistan-silk-road-tour-11-april-to-20th-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"9 DAYS UZBEKISTAN SILK ROAD TOUR  (11 April to 20th April 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many successful workshops,<br>\nFUJIFILM X-Photographer, William Chua will be conducting another photography workshop in a new location, Uzbekistan in April 2018<\/p>\n<p>He will guide the participants along for photography with critique sessions<br>\nto help participants improve on their photos.<br>\nA briefing will be done prior to the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Workshop is open to participants of all levels, inexperienced and experienced alike, any cameras users\u2026 even iphone..<br>\nNon Photographing Companions are welcome too..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan(pp_w768_h611).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"717\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan.jpg 900w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan-300x239.jpg 300w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan-768x612.jpg 768w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan-50x40.jpg 50w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan%28pp_w480_h382%29.jpg 480w,https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/19-10612-post\/uzbekistan%28pp_w768_h611%29.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><br>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Positioned on the ancient Silk Road between Europe and Asia, Uzbekistan has the most interesting and architectural legacy of all the Central Asian republics.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient cities such as Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva were centers of science and art. Great architecture created palaces, mosques and mausoleums and monuments memorializing Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. Many of these masterpieces have not survived to the present, however, for those who have been preserved; it is possible to restore the pages of the distant past.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine hundreds of minarets, turquoise domes and graceful arched portals gracing the land, exotic bazaars and the open blue sky as your backdrop, makes one feel immersed in a scene from \u201cOne thousand and one nights\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fujifilm will be providing selected cameras and lenses for loan throughout this workshop.(For each Individual Participant)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details of the trip is as follows<\/p>\n<p>DAY 01 WED SINGAPORE\/TASHKENT<br>\nFly Singapore\/Tashkent HY 552 2215\/0320+1 (8h05m)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 02 THU TASHKENT \/ URGENCH \u2013 KHIVA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<br>\nArrival in Tashkent at 03h20. Meet at airport and transfer to your hotel for immediate check in.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast this morning, we start our visit of Tashkent.<\/p>\n<p>In the late afternoon, transfer to the airport.<br>\nFly Tashkent\/Urgench HY 57 1930\/2110 (2h20m)(2h20m)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 03 FRI KHIVA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 04 SAT KHIVA \/ BUKHARA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 05 SUN BUKHARA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 06 MON BUKHARA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 07 TUE BUKHARA\/ SHAKHRISABZ \/ SAMARKAND (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 08 WED SAMARKAND (breakfast, lunch, dinner)<\/p>\n<p>DAY 09 THU SAMARKAND \/ TASHKENT \/ SINGAPORE<\/p>\n<p>Depart for Tashkent (320 km, 4-4.5 hrs drive). Upon arrival, direct transfer to the airport.<br>\nFly Tashkent\/Singapore HY 551 2120\/0810+1<br>\nArrive Singapore on Day 10 morning<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pricing (per pax) ( including airfare)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">minimum 4 pax<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> o SGD $4500 twin sharing basis<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> o Add SGD $320 for single room occupancy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:<br>\n\uf0b7 Airfare Singapore\/Tashkent\/Singapore with taxes<br>\n\uf0b7 Domestic airfare Tashkent\/Urgench with taxes<br>\n\uf0b7 Tourist tax in Uzbekistan<br>\n\uf0b7 Accommodation on single base at above mentioned hotels;<br>\n\uf0b7 Meals as stated<br>\n\uf0b7 A\/C minibus for the trip:<br>\n\uf0b7 Bottled mineral water on tour (0.5l bottle per person per day);<br>\n\uf0b7 Services of throughout English-speaking guide;<br>\n\uf0b7 All excursions and entrance fees to monuments and all the visits indicated in the program;<br>\n\uf0b7 Visa support for Uzbekistan<br>\n\uf0b7 Porterage at hotel<\/p>\n<p>TOUR PRICE EXCLUES:<br>\n\uf0b7 Travel health insurance;<br>\n\uf0b7 Visa for Uzbekistan;<br>\n\uf0b7 All personal expenses: payment for photo cameras and video at monuments &amp; luggage overweight;<br>\n\uf0b7 Tips for guides &amp; drivers &amp; porters at hotels<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Email me at will03@williamchua.com for questions or reservations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you do not hear from me in 2 days, do check your spam folder or watsapp me at 97577691<\/span><\/p>\n<p>About William Chua<\/p>\n<p>William Chua is a Fujifilm-X Photographer based in Singapore.<br>\nHe does predominantly weddings, travel, landscapes, and wildlife photography<br>\nHe has garnered multiple international awards from IPA (New York), MPA (London), PX3 (Paris), PDN, and the Black and White Spider Awards<\/p>\n<p>His works have been published in various publications (including Singapore Airlines SilverKris Magazine, Asian Geographic, Geographical Magazine (UK) , PDN Magazine, Lux Magazine etc) and his images are also represented by Modern Art Etc, based in Los Angeles, California for sale as Fine Art Prints<br>\nHis images has also been consistently placed with the Natgeo Editor\u2019s favorites through the years<br>\nHaving led photography workshops to China, Morocco, Mongolia, Scandinavia, Iceland, Bhutan and Africa, and given numerous talks on photography, he hopes to be able to help photo enthusiasts take their photography to the next level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After many successful workshops, FUJIFILM X-Photographer, William Chua will be conducting another photography workshop in a new location, Uzbekistan in April 2018 He will guide the participants along for photography with critique sessions to help participants improve on their photos. 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