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Originally Posted by kalifese
wow hard to believe people still live like they're in 1515 not 2015!! this photo is so beautiful!! makes me want to visit it!!
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You know, this is one of my favourite pictures, but reality in fact is much more fascinating
![Worship](images/smilies/worship.gif)
Visit Khiva once, and you will understand it
![Thumbs up](images/smilies/tup.gif)
In Khiva they preserved authentic buildings, unlike in Bukhara and Samarkand, where they killed the true spirit of those two ancient cities by unprofessional "renovation"
![Frown](images/smilies/frown.gif)
And yes, many people there, especially in my beloved Motherland Karakalpakstan, still live like they are in 1515
![Frown](images/smilies/frown.gif)
without proper sources of water, power, petrol etc.