Intercontinental Tashkent
107a Amir Temur Street Tashkent, 700084, Uzbekistan
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First week - and what a travel experience!
Had to arrive two hours early, of course, for the international flight out of SeaTac, right? Flight from Seattle to Frankfurt is 10 hours, for any who are curious - and that is ******* the rear end no matter what seat you get! A few hours to get to Terminal 2 at Frankfurt to catch the Uzbekistan Airlines flight to Tashkent and off we go again - for …
Earthquake in Tashkent
Fun, we had an earthquake this afternoon some time after 1pm! (oops correction, it was 1:27) It was short, about 5 seconds, but felt pretty strong - I wonder if we'll hear an announcement? Everyone commented that it was an unusually loud one so many feared there had been a big explosion in the building. It sounded like a BIG train running through …
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 name for them! We all burn the midnight oil to accomodate training, admin stuff, so on and so forth, and …
Intercontinental
The train from Navoi gets into Tashkent at about 6:30 AM. I usually go to the office from there and take advantage of some quiet internet time. But I've developed a new habit. The Intercontinental Hotel in Tashkent is about a 20 minute taxi trip from the train station. You can go there for a breakfast buffet with omelettes, bacon, real coffee, …
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Helloooooo Stan
... it and head to the boarder control with my letter of invitation. Now, anyone who's been to the Tashkent airport will tell you that there are four boarder control entrances, three for Uzbek nationals and one for international visitors. Apparently though, these signs are only a formality as the "line" is more of a mob of people that routinely get beaten by the security guard for pushing over the yellow line. Therefore, after another hour and a half ...



