Dried herbs are smoked and employed as a purifying and blessing tool in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. These women insisted Audrey breathe in the smoke to help cleanse her lungs. She fell into a coughing fit instead. Dig deeper into Central Asian Cuisine and find out the best and worst of food and markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Audrey joins the ranks of the fruit vendors at Bukhara's Krytyy market. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.