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Uzbekistan used to be one of those mysterious post Soviet countries that was difficult to get to. Only those who were going with an organized tourgroup or those brave enough to face the bureacratic hurdles were rewarded to see all the beautiful places to visit …
This post will help you plan your Uzbekistan itinerary. Uzbekistan has recently launched a visa free regime for most nationalities and now is the best time to visit the country. Uzbekistan has lots to offer from remote desert landscapes to glorious silk road cities, friendly …
This post is a travel guide about travelling by train in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is the perfect destination to explore by train and in recent years Uzbekistan has invested in its railway system making train travel while backpacking Uzbekistan easier than ever. This post will tell …
This post is a travel guide about Backpacking Uzbekistan with all the practical things you need to know. For years backpacking Uzbekistan wasn’t that easy. An expensive letter of invitation, a bureacratic visa procedure and former president Karimov’s human rights standards made me choose Kyrgyzstan …
The Fergana valley in Uzbekistan still receives few tourists. It is one of those off the beaten path places to visit in Uzbekistan where you still feel like an explorer. A place where you stumble upon ancient mosques and madrassahs and you are the only …
Uzbekistan isn’t exactly famous for its mountains. Most of the country is rather flat and consists of desert, except for a small part north of Tashkent. There you will find the Chimgan mountains and the beautiful Charvak Lake. The Chimgan mountains and Charvak lake belong …
It is not often that I write a single post about one specific restaurant. However, National Food in Tashkent was one of the best places to visit in Tashkent for Uzbek food. It was such a positive experience that I felt writing about it. Why …
The Tashkent Metro stations are among the most beautiful in the world and is among the top attractions in the city. It was the seventh metro system in the USSR, built after the 1966 earthquake in Tashkent. The first line opened in 1977 and two …
Tashkent might be the capital of Uzbekistan, but it receives little attention from tourists. It’s a city that travelers come through or where they start their journey, but often spend as little time as possible. They rather skip all the places to visit in Tashkent …
One reason to visit Samarkand and Uzbekistan, is to see the magnificent Islamic architecture in the ancient Silk road cities. I absolutely loved Khiva and Bukhara, but I also felt Uzbekistan did not live up to places like Shiraz or Isfahan in Iran. That was, …
Walking through the small streets in the old town of Bukhara you get the feeling that nothing has changed in this city for centuries. Tourism is there, but easy to forget when you walk on your own through the narrow alleyways of ancient neighbourhoods. It’s …
Travelling from Khiva to Bukhara used to be a though journey through the desert. For a long time the only option to get from Khiva to Bukhara was to head to Urgench first. From there you had to take a crowded shared taxi for the …