by thadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Chorsu, Tashkent, Travel, Uzbekistan
Chorsu Market Last Uzbek thing to do, and the first place we went on arrival here three weeks ago now. Full circle, indeed. The market is huge and far-ranging, from fruits, vegetables and nuts to fabrics, tourist trinkets, carpets and home furnishings. The central...
by thadmin | Aug 21, 2025 | Chorvoq, Travel, Uzbekistan
Day 21 was actually yesterday. We are back in Tashkent today, our last full day in O’zbekiston. Our fixer, Bekzod, picked us up at our hotel yesterday in Chorvoq, the resort town, and took us to the waterside of a large man-made lake nearby. The town of Chorvoq lies...
by thadmin | Aug 20, 2025 | Travel, Uzbekistan
Tashkent north to Charvoq in the Tien Shan mountains today. We drove several hours north and slightly east, taking us right up alongside the Kazakhstan border. We de-camped from Bekzod’s Chevy Cobalt and changed to a 70s Russian jeep called an ‘Owasso’. Seemingly...
by thadmin | Aug 19, 2025 | Kokand, Travel, Uzbekistan
Travel day – Kokand (Qo’Qon) back to Tashkent. After recuperating in Kokand for all of yesterday, I am starting to feel better. The trip back the way we’d come was much more interesting to me now that I was somewhat cogent. The mountain peaks around us (not high...
by thadmin | Aug 18, 2025 | Kokand, Travel, Uzbekistan
So, I did get a fever. My head got so hot that when I had a shower, it was dry within a few seconds of getting out. Cold water compress helped, but it seemed time to see a dr. Our fixer kindly arranged this and I went with him this morning to a clinic and was examined...
by thadmin | Aug 17, 2025 | Kokand, Travel, Uzbekistan
Travel day, by car from Tashkent to Kokand (Qo’Qon). I may have developed a fever. Will try to get to dr tomorrow.
by thadmin | Aug 16, 2025 | Khiva, Tashkent, Travel, Uzbekistan
Travel day. Flight from Khiva to Tashkent. Day eleven with heavy head cold.
by thadmin | Aug 15, 2025 | Khiva, Travel, Uzbekistan
A few from last night and this morning. I had hoped to get up on the inner (old) city wall for a walk this morning, as it apparently affords a nice view of the inner city layout (with the sunrise supplying some lovely light). There is an additional charge for this, of...
by thadmin | Aug 14, 2025 | Ayaz Qala, Khiva, Toprak Qala, Travel, Uzbekistan
Edge of the Kyzyl Kum Desert. (“Keezeel Koom”) Finally, we felt ourselves out and seeing some places first hand that have not been manicured for western eyes. We drove for about 90min each way to the edge of the desert. Thank goodness it’s cooled down to...
by thadmin | Aug 13, 2025 | Khiva, Travel, Uzbekistan
Khiva has sold its soul. The city, overal, contains the antique inner city, surrounded by an ancient wall, and the outer areas of more modern Khiva. Within the “old city” are a warren of pathways, domed areas, mosques, squares, madrassas and minarets. All these areas...
