Country Info
- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
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Uzbekistan
Travel Blogs from Uzbekistan
No Man's Land
Shower , Breakfast and were off. Dan is still feeling delicate today and Gozel was giving him great advice over the breakfast table. I didnt know where to look. Insert Toilet humour here. We had another four hour drive ahead of us and Gozel made sure we ...
Samarkand
... and tame. Tonight was once such occasion - there was a Dutch couple and a Swiss guy who've cycled all the way to Uzbekistan from Italy and Switzerland respectively. When we do get to go sight-seeing all we can say is "Wow!" This city is amazing. ...
Oct 17, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
I came, I saw, I puked
We started what turned out to be an epic journey across the desert to Bukhara quite easily by getting a taxi into Urgench with an ex boxer with an entire mouthful of gold teeth. Then the fun began. We had to try and negotiate a shared taxi ...
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... available freedom that PCVs have at their sites. She seems to be very comfortable here and has established a normal life in Uzbekistan. While lounging around I pictured myself in her shoes, doing my thing...doing laundry, going to the bazaar, hanging ...
...and the fat lady sang...
... of the sole opinions of the author, and do not reflect the opinions of the Unites States government, Peace Corps, or the Uzbekistan government.) Due to events beyond my control, I will have to leave Uzbekistan on June 1st. This is the day my visa ...
Yallama, Yallama, Yallama, Yallama, Yallama!
Yay, we're going to Kazakhstan today. In opposite world. Filled with the enthusiasm of getting into a new country we swapped some dollars and made our way to the Kazakh border just north of Tashkent. Closed. What a surprise. We ...
Bizarre and Bazaar
So, my second day in Tashkent wasn’t all that different from the first. We started the day with a walking tour of the city. Fortunately, this walking tour was both guided (which is much improved over my own wanderings yesterday) and ...
Sous la chaleur
Apres un nouvel trajet en bus surchauffe, on arrive dans la ville sacree de Bukhara. Deja dans le taxi, en s aprrochant dans le centre ville, on decouvre les monuments. On nous a conseille une guesthouse depuis Samarcande et on y est accueilli par Medina ...
Khiva
... have to say I feel as if we've arrived on the Silk Route. We'd read in the guidebook that of all the cities in Uzbekistan we were to visit, Khiva was the most well-preserved as the Russians had effectively thrown all the locals out of the old town in ...
A Khiva le a pena.
... -Urgench, cumprida ao longo de aproximadamente uma hora a bordo de um valoroso, e deveras antigo, avião Tupolev da Uzbekistan Airways. O Tupolev, de fabricação soviética, tem sido paulatinamente aposentado pelas companhias que ainda os operam. A ...
Beautiful subways
... him as an enemy because he conquered them. We passed the Hotel Uzbekistan on the corner across from the park. It is a huge hotel that was the largest in Central Asia when first ...
Back on the Silk Road
Samarqand was the first stop in Uzbekistan after a surprisingly easy border crossing. We were expecting this to be one of the worst with thorough searches and the rampant bureaucracy associated with the ex-Soviet states. We were through and on our ...
Uzbek Jewel
... city, another of the ancient Silk Road cities with plenty of the old character remaining. One thing I have noticed in Uzbekistan is the lack of the dreadful Ex-Soviet concrete architecture, it seems to be a mix of old traditional and modern, ...
Oasis oriental
Boukhara. Une ville oasis au coeur du désert rouge, le Kyzyl Kum. La vie y est née très tôt grâce au fleuve Zéravchan, qui y déverse d'importantes réserves d'eau et à d'intenses travaux d'irrigation. A la différence d'autres villes de la Route ...
And the "pin" will now land on...
... for the next 2 years...Navoi. This city is in-between Bukhara and Samarkand...the two most historical and tourist-type cities in Uzbekistan. You are probably saying to yourself, "great, thanks Amber, i still have no clue where the heck you are." ...
28 hours and counting
Hello! I apologize for the delay in updating this blog. I have had a difficult time accessing it. All is well in Uzbekistan and I have been awake for the past 28 hours! Yep, the Super Bowl party was at 4am my time and we were able to watch it at the ...
"yout" camp or Non-nomadic nomads
... ; It was a very disappointing experience. We found out that there are no more nomads in Uzbekistan or any of the old Soviet republics. When all these countries came under communist sway, they were forced to settle ...
Danse avec les woulfes
... et bon courage pour la nouvelle annee. RV Now here's some valuable informations about Karakalpakhstan and Kazakhstan - Trains from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan don't depart anymore from Nukus, but from Kongrat, 100km northwest, everyday at 9.15am, though ...
Silhouettes
Moynaq. Un port échoué aux rives d'une mer qui n'existe plus, ou presque. Une ville à l'agonie où survivent moins de 2 000 âmes qui ont cessé de croire aux miracles. Derrière les palissades des maisons de pêcheurs, aux portes faites d'une plaque ...
Tashkent, the capital
Salam, bin aus Urgut zurueckgekommen, noch eine Aufnahme am Registan, dann Fruehstueck und dann zum Bahnhof um den Zug zu nehmen. Der Zug ist relativ neu. Und auch ziemlich puenktlich und schnell (schneller als shared taxis). Tashkent ist die ...
Worlds Worst Taxi Drivers
... here and chill but we had to press on. All aboard to Margilan, a town famous for its silk factory. The Soviets turned Uzbekistan into a country relying almost entirely on silk/cotton (white gold as they call it), a monoculture that they are working to ...
20 hours on a train
20 hours on a train, Tashkent to Urgench, October 12-13, 2009 Ok, maybe I am exaggerating, not really the longest journey but by far the longest one we will have on this trip and I think it was ...
Assalomu Alaykum!
Assalomu Alaykum! I am finally in Uzbekistan! I live in Qibray, a suburb of Tashkent (about 30 mins away) via marshrutka- public transport minivan style. Things are still a bit overwhelming- but think I am adjusting pretty well to the food, ...
It's official...I'm a volunteer!!
Well, it's official now. I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer...yep, that's right I've gadiated' from PC training and Uzbekistan better watch out now! Hehe. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Tuesday, April 6, 2005 at a beautiful theatre in Tashkent. We ...
Chill Out Time
DAY 20. AUGUST 21. BUKHARA Chill Out Time I awoke to find a Kazakhstan Beer Stein next to my bed. How I got it, where I stole it from and why it was from Kazakhstan, a place I have never been to, I do not know but I do have a cool souvenir. The power ...
Historical Uzbekistan
... tour the next day together. Summary As opposed to Tajikistan, where I "experienced the life" there, I was a tourist in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan has a very well established tourism industry (I even saw a few tour buses!). During the Soviet time, ...
Uzebkistans First Test Cricketer
... heard any local praising the Soviets; normally the rule is considered a blight on the countries history. Despite being part of Uzbekistan, the residents of Bukhara don't speak Uzbek as their first language. They actually speak Farsee, which is a variation ...