Country Info
- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
Uzbekistan Slideshow
Uzbekistan
Travel Blogs from Uzbekistan
A new country
... is not necessary. Passport details are entered in the book and I am sent on my way. Tajikstan formalities completed I go to the Uzbekistan barrier and there is a jolly crowd of us waiting. I assume lunch hour. As usual a big mob gathers around the bike ...
The Golden Journey to Samarkand
The Road to Samarkand Today, I traveled the fabled ‘Golden Journey to Samarkand,’ romanticized in poetry by the poet James Flecker when he wrote: We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of ...
Visit to Bank
... in the world- and Urgench- the regional capital of Khorezm. Despite the unpleasant description it is given in my quidebook ("Uzbekistan: the Golden Road to Samarkand" or something like that)" Urgench is a flat soviet city with all of Tashkent's faults ...
I made it to Bukhara
Wow! What a week! Sorry everyone, this may another long message. So, grab an iced mocha for me and settle in for a little story. So, the five of us got everything onto the train. Four of us were going all the way to Bukhara which is the end of the ...
Salom
... Unfortunately I have to learn cryllic, so I feel like I'm a baby again learning to speak and read English. I read somewhere that Uzbekistan was changing to the Latin alphabet, but everything is still in cryllic. Everyday, I learn so much and find I can ...
Over reconstructed
Konye Urgench - Still in Turkmenistan but on the border Don't you love it when you have had no sleep and everyone is up rattling pots and pans at 6:30? I was not a happy boy but bit my lip, smiled and packed up the tent and my bag. The old city of ...
Let it be...There will be an answer The Beatles
So, today I was sitting in a Korean resturant in the old town of Bukhara having lunch with other volunteers, listening to American jazz when the Beatles song came on: Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be an answer, let it be. This ...
A night out with the locals
We got the train back from Samarkand and, as we had been warned, it was delayed due to works on the lines. This also had the consequence of the train being about 50 degrees as it crawled into town. We decided to just go back to the place we ...
The golden journey to Samarkand
... ticket in Uzbekistan for me. The sights are just so beautiful to look at and vast in size. Up to this point in Uzbekistan I have seen some amazing sights but even though I try not to, when compared to Esfahan and Persepolis they just don't reach those ...
Its A Hard Knock Life For Them
... of school every student is forced to work in the cotton fields during school holidays (I am sure you remember I said that 60% of Uzbekistan's income is derived from silk/cotton). They work all day and must produce at least 60kg of cotton each day. If they ...
Get your motors runnin'...
Entre as visitas a Khiva e a Bukhara tivemos um dia inteiro de road trip no Deserto de Karakum, que representa mais da metade do país. O Karakum é impressionante. Mesmo morando no cerrado brasileiro, e tendo frequentado as dunas da Costa do Sol ...
The end of one Adventure...
So this is my final entry from Uzbekistan. It is very sad to leave my new Uzbek friends and host family, but I will never forget their hospitality and kindess. My Peace Corps adventure will continue in Ukraine later this summer... Stay ...
Timur and Chaikhana
Oh Samarqand, oh Samarqand, how many mausoleums are in your midst?' Lots, is the answer to that, lots and lots. Started the day with our first breakfast in two weeks amongst the cherry trees (and the wasps) in the courtyard of our very pleasant hostel. ...
Ever been deported?
... by TV or by internet, so since you do have this access I hope you at least pull up Google, put in two key words, "Uzbekistan, Andijon" and start reading. I am sad to go, but excited at what work awaits me in a new country. It's still really hard to ...
Through the heart of central Asia
... , itself not one of the world's most affluent nations. Then across the Kazakgstan steppe. We crossed from Turkmenistan back into Uzbekistan and then finally again into Kazakhstan. This part of Kazakhstan is close to the Caspian Sea, but completely flat ...
Combien de "stan" me reste-t-il?
Chers amis et lecteurs, famille et autres curieux, Me voici rendu en Ouzbekistan. Un long moment s'est ecoule entre mon dernier post et aussi beaucoup de kilometres, des visages, des sourires et aussi un peu de stress pour obtenir les differents visas. ...
Bukhara by daylight and Gulia
... ; Walking across the street is the Ark or citadel. This is where we learned that most of Uzbekistan with old mosques, Madrassahs, mausoleums, and fortress has turned them all into shops if they are not still being used for ...
A wall city oasis
... tasty pasty like snacks for next to nothing. I did have a bit of luck as in the queue waiting to get my Uzbekistan visa stamped I noticed the start date of it wasn't for another 4 days. I obviously got that one wrong when applying. The guard ...
In search of Dario's Camera
... . As chance would have it, I didn't need the Marshutka #. After 2 minutes on the road, two young Tajiks (from Uzbekistan), Ismoil and his friend drove passed me on the street. They caught my attention when they starting turning circles in the middle ...
School and Bukhara
... done. When we introduced ourselves to the classes, they would call me Lola. Timor said that is probably what I would be called in Uzbekistan. This weekend, 16 of us went to Bukhara. It was a 12 hour train trip there. We were broken down into groups ...
Anything for the blog!!!
... so on and so on. At the back of my mind I know this may be a theoretical discussion because there is no insurance in Uzbekistan and Rustam certainly doesn't have any. We get to the hotel which happens to be across the road from where I was rearended, I ...
The Golden Journey to Samarakand
... screeched to a halt and we actually had plenty of time to board our fast train, called the Registan . Things are a bit deceptive in Uzbekistan. A fast train is not a fast train. Three hours turns to five. But such is the way of things here, which we have ...
Visas et Vaccins
Nous nous sommes arretes de nouveau en chemin a Nukus ou Evelyn, en cherchant un internet cafe a eu la bonne idee de se faire mordre par un chien. La blessure est tres superficielle mais la rage est assez commune en asie cenrale alors il nous faudra ...
How much vodka is too much?
... was breathtaking. From a famous ancient site I set off in quest of a famous modern site- an internet café. Krgyztsan and Uzbekistan are not renound for internet and I was having withdrawal symptoms. So the quest for the holy internet connection began. ...
It all starts here...
After arriving about 1.30 am local time, we managed to clear the extensive Uzbek customs checking after having to declare pretty much everything we had and were met by a driver. Don't think he was entirely fluent in English as he had a piece of ...
Khamid, prof de français
Il est déjà près de minuit, et depuis des heures je mange et je bois, assis en tailleur dans le salon d'Ulugh Begh, dans la maison de ses parents. J’ai rencontré Ulugh Begh avec deux de ses amis dans une chaïkhana du parc Babur, à Namangan. ...
Host family and training
Hello! I tried to send out a mass email instead of doing this but... technical difficulties. Oh well. So, there we were at the Sanitorium last Friday waiting to be picked up by our host families. I felt like a pet waiting for its new home. I had all ...