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The Life of Brian (Part One of Two)

November 3, 2016 / / 6 Comments

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 our visa started to ‘solve the problem.’

We had two options:

  1. dismantle Brain and hide the components around the car
  2. leave him in his box, in his place in the car, and if we got caught, play the stupid dumb tourist.

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Uzbekistan: Samarkand Photos

November 2, 2016 / / 2 Comments

Our time in Uzbekistan is going to be a bit of a whistle-stop tour as we have an immovable date at the Russian border on November 16th. So, for a change, we’re going to behave like proper tourists and only stop off at the 3 or 4 places you’re meant to stop at when in Uzbekistan.

First up is the ancient city of Samarkand.

Founded somewhere around 5BC, it steadily became an important crossroad on the silk route. By the 14th century Samarkand was quite the metropolis and many large medressas and mosques were built. Despite the region’s geological instability (think earthquakes!) and years as a part of the Soviet Union, many of the structures have survived to this very day.

Roof detail, Ulugbek Medressa Samarkant

Roof detail, Ulugbek Medressa
Samarkand

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Vive la Visa Revolution

September 22, 2016 / / 1 Comment

I’m writing this with our Uzbekistan visas proudly displayed in our passports; so I’m now free to write about the long procedure we had to go through to get it. No possibility of a jinx 😉

Firstly one has to fill in an online form with your details and print off two copies together with two printouts of the photo page in your passport and also provide two passport photos. You then take all of this to the embassy. Easy enough I hear you chorus……

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