Country Info
- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
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Uzbekistan
Travel Blogs from Uzbekistan
Yet another gem
... 't overly get that feeling when there. It is a city of learning as the amount of Madrassas showed why so many notable intellects in Uzbekistan's history have come from Bukhara. As well as known as a holy city it also has a history of violence. One ...
Timurs Hometown
... , aber da er im Winter starb und der Pass gesperrt war wurde er in Samarkand begraben. Erste Eindruecke von Uzbekistan: - um einiges reicher als Tajikistan, erheblich bessere Strassen, es gibt weniger russische oder deutsche Autos (die deutschen ...
Finally Leaving Tashkent
... der letzte sowjetische Governeur der SSR, ist aber stramm auf uzbekisch nun ausgerichtet. Die Sowjetunion hat Uzbekistan kolonialisiert und ausgebeutet, Zitat: "Socialist transformation lead to the creation of the totalarian state, coercive ...
Juste pour les yeux
Salut a Tous, Pas beaucoup de temps en ce moment, et comme j'en passe le plus clair a rediger le futur guide Ouzbekistan, je ne vous infligerai pas une trop longue WKN cette fois ci. Juste quelques photos, pour le plaisir des yeux (j'espere), et les ...
My commute to Urganch
... bank, now I have an account, I have money, so what is the problem? So another cultural adjustment to make here in Uzbekistan: People according to my sources apparently do not put their money in the bank. It was quite busy when we were there ...
Were on the road to nowhere
First light and I was up and shaking sleeping beauty. Out the gap, after a fine breakfast and up the quiet streets to catch our tiny mini bus , I really should take a photo of one of these because they are that small. Tearing around the city we were ...
Alexander the Great Slept Here
Alexander the Great slept here Friday October 16, 2009 On our way to the yurt camp, in Nurata, after lunch, we moseyed over to the ruins of a great fortress on the hillside. Supposedly it ...
Getting under the skin of Bukhara
... , we were able to find a French-speaking local who could make sense of my iffy A-Level French. Unlike most of Uzbekistan, the areas around Samarkand and Bukhara are largely Tajik-speaking, making our elementary Uzbek largely useless in these situations. ...
Karakalpakstan
... Nukus and settled into our Hotel. The reason to come up here was to see the Aral Sea but the prices and time we had left in Uzbekistan made it impossible. If we were four , the price might be worth it. At $400 for the car, driver and overnight stay on the ...
C'est ca la France... ?
Salut a tous, Il pleut toujours, ici a Tachkent, ou je me laisse doucement couler vers decembre, avec des journees plutot contrastees. Le matin c'est tournee des ambassades et des formulaires pour l'obtention de mes visas, l'apres-midi c'est flanerie ...
Elliq-Qala, the Fifty Fortresses
Salam, da Khiva recht ueberschaubar gross ist (es gibt zwar einiges zu sehen, es liegt aber alles auf einem Haufen:-) habe ich noch einen Ausflug gemacht gen Norden. Im historischen Khorezm gibt es die Gegend der "50 Burgen", Elliq-Qala. So ungefaehr ...
Urgut Sunday Bazaar
Salam, bin frueh aufgestanden, 5 Uhr morgens, so dass ich noch vor dem Fruehstueck den Bazaar in Urgut besichtigen konnte, eine kleine Stadt 20km ausserhalb von Samarqand Richtung Tajikistan. Dort findet jeden Sonntag ein recht grosser Bazaar ...
Another long day
This is a top pick! Set off from Bukara after a good breakfast. The hotel was very good to us, and gave us 2 big bottles of water to take with us. On top of the 2 free beers last night, they were really making an effort. Not really a lot to say, the roads still varied from ...
Waiting for the Verdict
Despite the ankle I sleep reasonably well. As soon as I get up Rustam is in the room asking if I want breakfast. He returns later and wants to see the images of Tajikstan on the computer. We wait for the doctor and police to arrive. I am struck by the ...
Central Asia's Holiest City
... Reisegruppe von Aerzten aus Deggendrof einquartiert (7 Stueck)... Morgen geht es weiter nach Khiva, sind noch einmal ueber 500km, Uzbekistan ist auch ganz schoen gross... Die Temperaturen sind inziwschen bei guten 40 Grad angelangt, entsprechend ist mein ...
Just a minaret.
... are about 450 workers in the factory making the carpets, all of them adults, all of them paid a comparable, average salary in Uzbekistan (the average yearly salary is about $1800 in Uzbekistan, but since that is not enough to survive, everyone has a side ...
Pics!
Hi Everyone! Finally, I have some pictures of uzbekistan to show you! For security reasons, I will email descriptions seperatly for those interested. Just post a message on this site or email me jess.teicher@gmail.com and I will tell you! I have ...
It’s Hammam Time…. Can’t touch t
... ’re likely doubled and shuffled! Tomorrow morning we make a 7 hour trek across the deadly Kyzyl Kum desert to the small town of Khiva, another Silk Road town and my last stop in Uzbekistan before I make my way on to Turkmenistan. ...
Heel digging in time!
... to get a good exchange rate.. It is certainly better than the bank rate but the dollar is sliding. One of the delights of Uzbekistan is its currency. The highest denomination is 1000 cym. Worth 30-40p. With a plastic bag full of notes we head back to ...
Baking in Bukhara and a menage a trois.
Hi Folks from an extremely hot and sweaty Victoria. It has to be around 40 degrees outside and local time it is just after 6pm. I came looking for internet around 4ish and eventually found this one but there was no electricity and i was told in a very ...
Gates of Hell
Salam, von Konye-Urgench aus ging es dann gen Sueden durch die heisseste Wueste Zentralasiens, die Karakorum Wueste nach Darvaza. Dort gibt es einige Gaskrater, einen mit Schlamm, einen mit Wasser und einen in dem man Feuer an das Gas gelegt hat und ...
Pictures! WoOOOoooOOOoOOOoOooOoOOOo!
I have had a rather exiting week, involving mosques, train, police and nightclubs with women in bikinis but rather than tell you about that yet I'm going to upload some pictures that I stole from Darek's memory stick! ...
Uzbekistan, Police and Vodka
... I'm sure you know, but never reported it to the police, therefore stopping my insurance claimability. So I decided to report it in Uzbekistan, make up a little theft and the corrupt police just say watever, heres a report now go away. easy. But sadly it ...
How things work or don't work in Uzbekistan
... go to the hospital. Abdullo is a fantastic fixer and knows important people in high places which is all important in Uzbekistan. He and Ziyodullo are opposites. Ziyodullo is reserved, learned, patient, full of information and wanting to impart knowledge, ...
Shakhrisabz
... are doing well. Today is great, it is sunny and warmer here. I guess this has been a colder than usual winter for Uzbekistan, I wonder what that means for the summer. Either way, I'm looking forward to spring here, warmer weather, green trees and more ...
Les Uruch qatnachtchilar
On les appelle les « Uruch qatnachtchilar » Les «Participants». A partir de 1941, et du déclenchement de l'opération Barbarossa, ils ont été recrutés, souvent de force, pour aller lutter contre les nazis sur le front de l'est. Oui, les Ouzbeks, ...