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Stan' and deliver: Why this Central Asian country should be your next holiday

By James Draven
Daily Telegraph UK·
7 mins to read

A smooth-faced border officer at the glossy Samarkand ­International airport was ­scrutinising my passport. Standing in his booth, wearing an oversized ­uniform, he inspected my photograph and asked where I was staying. He had already checked all of its 60-plus stamps and visas, and studied each of the security holograms, foil inlays and perforations; and he was now holding it up to a lamp, examining the ­watermarks on every page – much to the quiet, shuffling irritation of

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