Dear friends,

Greeetings  from “Sheherazade Voyages” which doesn’t get tired of surprising fans of Central Asian travel.
We added the Newsletter section to our web site and we wanted to thank you for joining our Sheherazade  trip and to inform you about  the news of our company.
In order to make your journey more interesting and more enjoyable, the team of our agency is working together to bring you the best tours and trips available here in this region. From now on we will keep you informed about the new tours and trips that we arrange thru our new Newsletter section.
Here, we have three new tour packages for 2009.
First is Celebration of  Navrouz – the ancient traditional holiday meaning the beginning of the spring.
Navruz  -"New Year" holiday, has been celebrated for  5,000 years. Its name means "new day
 Nowdays it is celebrated each year on March 21. In most of the Silk Road countries, Navruz means the awakening of nature after winter and the beginning of the agricultural cycle of cultivating, planting, and harvesting. Navruz traditions are similar throughout the region, and have varied little over the centuries. Central Asia has its own Navruz traditions. From ancient times, the holiday was celebrated in agricultural oases with festivals, bazaars, horseracing. Numerous holidays and animations are celebrated in this period including a horseback riding game called Bouzkashi. Another names for Bouzkashi is Ulak and  Kupkari, in literally meaning “affair of most people”.
The Bouzkashi is one of the oldest games of the peoples of Central Asia and resembles the polo. The essence of the game  consists of the ability to take away  from rivals carcass of the goat and to deliver it first  to the finish line. The game tests  quick-wit, strength, adroitness, the ability to stand in the saddle and feel yourself as whole with the horse.
Second tour is the trip to Tadjikistan.

Tajikistan neighboring country of Uzbekistan where we discover the Kingdom of Mountains and Lakes. Fan Mountains are part of the mountain ranges Pamir-Alai, and are less frequented by Western travelers. It  is located less than a day's drive from Samarkand. To get there, we move the Uzbek-Tajik border and visit the remains of Pendjikent (V-VIII century), one of the oldest cities in Transoxiana starting point for adventure and you can admire beautiful nature and friendly mountain villages. A caravan of mules accompany hikers on the trail to the peak of Chimtarga (5840 m), with a view over Lake Koul-Kalon and we will leave to explore the legendary hospitality of shepherds who welcome you by offering yogurt .
Third is the circuit through Uzbekistan and the valley of – Fergana will enable you to discover an extraordinary journey, through legendary towns and cities and discover the Chinese , Indian, Persian civilizations.Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand were mentioned for centuries in the ancient manuscripts. Also  Fergana Valley is rich in crafts and remarkable hospitality.

For more than 50 centuries silk has been and remains today one of the most popular goods in the world. The silk was essential goods and that is why the Silk Road, the largest trade centre was created by the trade of this fabric. The caravans of camels loaded with silk, spices, perfumes, jewelry were crossing this road and contributing to trade and cultural exchange between East and West. Chinese tradition says that the silk was discovered by the Empress Leizu when cocoon silk worm fell into her cup of tea. Wanting to extract it from drink, the girl began to unfold the cocoon and it was the idea of weaving.
All this tradition you can find from the local craftsmen of the Ferghana Valley.
It will be our great pleasure to show you all that and that we meet here soon.