The Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, or rather, where the Aral Sea used to be. A rather poignant place made even more depressing by the fact it’s here where we found out that Trump had won the Presidency. š The photos show the remnants of the fishing fleet at Moynak. Once located at the sea shore, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Uzbekistan Route
I’m currently typing this from the city of Atyrau in Kazakhstan having crossed the border from Uzbekistan a few days ago. The entry and exit procedures from Uzbekistan border on the ridiculous with our exit taking over 4 hours. The border guards had a very thorough rummage through literally everything – including a good sniff […]
Utterings on UzbekistanĀ
#1 Practically every car is a white Chevrolet……and that really is no exaggeration #2 Hardly any petrol or diesel. Most of the cars have been converted to run on gas. In Bukhara we had to queue for 1 1/2 hours to fill up š #3 Many of the buildings are painted creams, magnolias – think […]
The Colour of Money (take 2)
Today we changed another Ā£60 to cover our fuel expenses for the rest of our time in Uzbekistan – this time we got our Uzbek money in 1000 som notes! The wedge is even more extreme.
Uzbekistan: Khiva Photos
Another day and another stop on our tourism-optimised drive through Uzbekistan. Today we are in Khiva – a city in possesion of an ancient mud-walled citadel stuffed to the brim with madressas, mosques and minarets. It’s all very interesting, but at the same time a little bit weird. Clare sums it up in thisĀ blogĀ post.
Building with Botox
We’ve spent the last week travelling to the classic tourist sights in Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. To be honest it’s hard to do anything other than that as the road literally leads you from one place to the next with little chance to detour. Whilst the immense desert doesn’t help, you also get the […]
The Colour of Money
We’re packing a big old wedge in Uzbekistan! Not the result of a successful drug deal, but what you get if you change Ā£100. With the cost of most things being in the 100,000s we’re quite paranoid about accidentally overpaying by a factor of 10!
Uzbekistan: Bukhara Photos
Bukhara, the second stop on our uber-tourist tour of Uzbekistan. There are literally more madresses and mosques here than you can shake a stick at. It’s took all the resolve I could muster to remain focussed over the day. Plus a lot of beer stops.
The Life of Brian (Part Two of Two)
As you’ll recall from Part One, rather than attempt to take Brian into Uzbekistan, we packed him on his merry way to Atyrau, a small city in the far western part of Kazakhstan that we would be driving through on our way to Russia. It cost us $150 and was worth every cent just for […]
The Life of Brian (Part One of Two)
It is against the law for any foreigner to take a drone into Uzbekistan so we always knew that Brian (our drone) was going to be problematic! Being optimistic people we decided that we’d solve the problem ‘nearer the time.’ And being also procrastinators (well mostly Captain) we found ourselves with only two days until […]