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Tour de Uzbekistan

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by yoyo.

We took Uzbekistan more as a tour than a regular trekking destination. Our plan was to meet my mother in Tashkent, see the great three and wheeze out to Tajikistan. Having crossed the Turkmen-Uzbek border at the furthest point possible from Tashkent (Nukus) meant a 20 hour bus ride from hell. Or maybe through hell, [...]

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Sleeping

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by yoyo.

Note: prices are not fixed in Uzbek hotels we went to. Haggle your way to the price you wish. I wrote down what we payed.

Hotel Uzbekistan (Tashkent): 62$ single room (acted as triple), hot water only at night. Wi-fii at the loby. Elevators take long. Generally expensive. Cash-exchange in the loby. Just outside Amir-Timur [...]

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Baku - Tashkent. via Turkmenistan

Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by yoyo.

Having our Turkmenistan transit visa (see how) we headed to the dock to get a ticket to the Trans-Caspian ferry (see how). The ferry takes about 16 hours to reach Turkmenbashi, but can be stuck out at sea for days.
We were on a tight schedule as we were suppose to meet my mother in [...]

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