Tashkent Travel Blogs

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Julia (Russia)   Sleepy eyed we exited the overnight train at 06.00, having had the guard wake us up at 04.30, telling us that we were nearly there and to get our belongings together. This really pissed me off, i mean how long can i…

This is the first and last day to spend time in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan! I think I can enjoy here maybe two or three days from guide book, but unfortunatle we have to leave tomorrow. I like the museum about silk and clafts. The pictures on the tea set are interesting. They got a co…

From 4 September 2009 until 11 Sep2009

My first impression of Tashkent was that it was surprisingly modern and huge. As the flight from Osaka descended over the Uzbek capital, one could see a sprawling metropolis that was a stark contrast to the earlier views from the aircraft. We flew over some of the harshest landscapes on the pl…

Ever stand next to a redwood, walk around it, look all the way up, feel really small? Now pretend it’s covered with blue and white tiles, and it’s the same thing with some of the ruins in Uzbekistan. HUGE! Forget Alexander the Great or Genghis Kahn (no, not Genghis Cohen), Tamerlane’s your gu…

Cardiff to Ulan Bator in a 19 year old car!

The big day finally came and I would soon be transitioning from wedding guest to solo traveler. While Gulchehra and her aunts went out to get their hair done, Saloh and I took our time getting ready. My clothes had become quite wrinkled, but luckily Saloh happily volunteered to iron them for me. Si…

Seeing my fiance's country and meeting his family.

Dan nemen we de bus naar de modern aandoende hoofdstad van Oezbekistan, Tasjkent. De brede boulevards in Sovjetstijl zijn aangelegd na de verwoestende aardbeving van 1966. Enkele mausolea uit de 15e eeuw en de Kukeldasj medressa zijn een kijkje waard. De grote Chorsu bazaar biedt allerlei koopjes. …

I know this is a shock for anyone who knows me, but I am planning something... a silk road trip. I don't have a time frame yet (next spring I hope) but looking for any feedback from anyone. Also would love to find a few places to stay and friendly faces along the way.

Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo by reliving the past of the Silk Roads from Syria to China, going upstream the mighty Mekong from Vietnam all the way to Tibet, see the roof of the world and more.....

ANOTHER BUS   We returned to a travel agency to collect our passports from OVIR (internal cops) and it all checked out.  We then went to the long distance bus station and caught a bus that left at 8pm from Almaty to Tashkent.  The bus was a tired but modern-looking double-decker.&n…

Samen met naamgenoot 4 weken in deze regio vertoefd.

Uzbek cuisine mainly consists of plof, fried rice that is smottered in fat, sashlik in all kinds of varieties eg beef, grinded meat and flat slapped chicken. As a starter you can choose between a fat noodle soup, fat vegetable soup or any other soup as long as contains a more than healthy amount of…