Tashkent Vacations, Tashkent Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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 it take to get ready to disembark and after all, the train even terminated in Tashkent! The train station Hotel didn't have any rooms available until 09.00, so we dumped our bags in the left luggage …

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 cotton design on it. There was their traditional design called atlas too. I liked the building of museum itself as well. It is colorful, and have a design which reminds me temples in China. …

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 planet on our way from Japan to Uzbekistan, including the Taklamakan desert and the Tianshan. So, it was refreshing to find a metropolis criss-crossed with wide avenues and patched with large gre…

Cardiff to Ulan Bator in a 19 year old car!