Burnt out, I flew to Uzbekistan and found something I was missing

Metro.co.uk’s Alice Murphy spent seven days in Uzbekistan and discovered a fascinating country with something for every traveller‘Why on earth are you going there?’This was the question friends asked when I told them I was travelling to Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic sandwiched between Russia, China, and a host of fellow ‘Stans’.I had many answers, most built on the country’s Silk Road history and the ancient mystique of a place that was Central Asia&rsq