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The Uzbek Itinerary
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Tashkent – The Uzbek “Metro” Capital
The capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia, Tashkent literally translates to “Stone City”. It is very close to the Kazakhstan border. As with most cities in the region, it was completely destroyed by Genghis Khan only to be revived and restored to glory by Amir Timur. It was built as a modern Soviet city after the 1966 earthquake – including the iconic metro which continues to operate to this day!
Our journey started at Tashkent and we were now back after an amazing journey covering Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand. When we left off in our last blog, we had enjoyed visits to the iconic monuments of Samarkand and boarded the Afrosiyob high speed train to Tashkent. Let’s dive right into Day 6 of the trip!
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The Roughest Start We’ve Ever Faced | Central Asia
A trip to Central Asia was part of our plan for 2020. The itinerary included Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It was a 15-16 day plan (like our usual summer breaks) with a lot of travel to remote and local places. Little did we know that our lives would change completely before we actually ended up making the trip.
For starters, the world shut down for almost 2 years due to the pandemic. While we could never have guessed that it would take so long for the world to return to normalcy, we did figure out that travel would be impacted for atleast 6-7 months. So, we squeezed in a tiny vacation to Seychelles and got back just 8 days before India announced its lockdown. The more important change was that we had a new travel companion – our baby P! He would turn two in July 2023. This would be his second international trip (we had visited Turkey when he was 1 year and 4 months old).
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