Country Info
- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
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Uzbekistan
Travel Blogs from Uzbekistan
New place to follow me...
So - what with hundreds of kilometers of dirt tracks, controlled communist states with no internet access, and nursing a knackered car - I have had no ability or time to do any blogging! However, you can track progress at ...
Tashkent
20/04/2012 I was terrified entering Uzbekistan: I expected bribary SHAAD by policemen, hateing Jews, trying to cheat me - nothing. They are very friendly, show effection, try o help The plane was late, and it was difficult to come to Gulnara - big story, ...
Mosques, Madrassahs and Minarets of Bukhara
... up their feet. The music sounded vaguely religious, and I had the image of the Baptists having paid a visit to Uzbekistan. The concert - or whatever it was - finished some fifteen minutes later, and the gardeners all returned to their work, ...
Getting ready for a big event...
Well, sometimes it seems like 90% of my job is administrative stuff and only 10% is out doing cool stuff! But really, the admin stuff can be cool, too. It gets to be pretty intense around here while ramping up for 'big events' - my affectionate ...
Magical world of Oriental ceramic
... ; * Uzbekistan. * General information about Uzbekistan. * Remarkable sights of Uzbekistan. * ...
Hospitable Asia
Fascinating, full of contrast program go through the territory of three Central Asian republics: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Majestic minarets, blue domes of mausoleums, ancient madrasah and impressive caravansaries will tell you about past ...
House hunting in Tashkent
Great day of house hunting in Tashkent has to come with some pictures, and stories. I can't be too long-winded about this, but I'm bowled over by the weirdness - the unexpectedness - of this place! Little jewels of modernity tucked away in layers upon ...
Wasted days
I apologise in advance! This entry is going to be one big rant, so feel free to move on to the next. I came back to Tashkent, moving on from Bukhara before having seen any of it, to get my Turkmen transit visa. I travelled back the day before the embassy ...
To the heart of Tamerlane`s empire
... `s empire Fascinating cultural and cognitive tour will meet you with ancient history and culture of Uzbekistan, with well-known old monuments of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. These cities still keep inside the memory of ...
Nice ancient old town...
... through the wet desert, with barbed wire on both sides, to reach the usbek checkpoint, which took me another 1,5 hours. Finally in Uzbekistan, I was to late for any bus so I had to bargain for another half hour and payed 35 dollars for the 100 km trip to ...
Taking it easy
. Burning eyes popping out of their sockets, we leave the train station wondering what we'd find now and how to get up to Bukhara. A young man with no English was on the ball. He showed us to a stop where we could get a bus to the far side of town. From ...
Khiva
... his 2 ladies. 2nd fortress - bigger. THEY prepare for a rock festival - maby yutas around. We ate inside one lunch, with an Uzbekistan family, Lake - the men jumped inside - I washed my legs 3th fortres - bigger. Had to climb to get there. There are 14 ...
BUKHARA
... radio message going direct to the Chief of Police Rules of the road. To pass your driving test in Uzbekistan you need to be accomplished in the following manoeuvres: Driving the wrong way down a duel carriage way ( a must) ...
Bukhara
... mention how they go with me (see yesterday). It is a ountry wth lot of culture!!!! We, the Israelis, misunderstand he Jews from Uzbekistan. Maybe all people of Central Asia are like this. Bukhara is the best I saw in Uzbekistan: the city lies around a ...
Great Silk Road
... can go by the ancient road as well! You will have excellent opportunity to cross five Asian republics: China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Iran. This tour is unique at the beginning till the end: from grandiose Chinese Wall, ...
Tashkent tales
What an interesting place this is ! I had found the "city centre" the other day - wasn't sure as there was not many people around. The city centre is basically alot of gardens all beautifully kept, and tendered by hand. There were groups of men cutting ...
Russia does not like Harems
Today was our last day in the Fergana Valley, as tomorrow we leave Kokand (the major Silk Road city in the Fergana Valley) for Tashkent. After a couple of slightly underwhelming days, Kokand has been a treat. As i mentioned in an earlier post, it is the ...
Flying visit
This was the first train I'd taken since China. I really enjoy travelling by train, and an American woman said I was crazy to be travelling second class with the "rabble", rather than first class like her. I didn’t really have any time to get to ...
Tamerlane's Legacy
Greater people than ourselves have come to Samarkand and marveled at the majesty of the place. Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were both supposedly blown away by Samarkand. However, like most Silk Road cities we have come across, Samarkand was subject ...
Mountain Kingdom Aksu-Karavshin
Journey, where we would like to invite you, is passing at northern part of Turkestan ridge – one of four ridges forming Pamiro-Alay mountain massif. Here – in most beautiful region of Aksu peak and Karavshin river – you can completely ...
Sary-Chelek horse riding
Dear friends – lovers of horse riding routes! We would like to invite you to take part in journey by route which was created exactly for you. Here we took into account everything: your love for horses – may be most beautiful creations from ...
Wow, just look at all my money......
... an internet connecion suitable for writing up my blog. We are staying at a $180 a night hotel in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan as a treat following a hard week or so of travel. Also it was the one we knew about that had secure parking and ...
Mad dogs & Englishmen!
... aging Audis and completely decrepit Ladas of Kyrgyzstan have been replaced with Chevrolets and Daewoos. These are the only type of car here in Uzbekistan, and they're ALL white! I suppose a black car in Central Asia would just be too hot. The bus I took ...