trip report to uzbekistan
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trip report to uzbekistan
Anybody interested in going to Uzbekistan? We just got back from a week there.
Here's my web page on the trip:
http://www.travel.stv77.com/uzbek/uzbek.htm
Here's my web page on the trip:
http://www.travel.stv77.com/uzbek/uzbek.htm
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Thanks for the report!
Wow, I guess you are right, I would not consider going there and definitely not after reading this report. Numbers 1 thru 4 are the ones that are my reasons not to go. Interesting though.....
Aloha!
Wow, I guess you are right, I would not consider going there and definitely not after reading this report. Numbers 1 thru 4 are the ones that are my reasons not to go. Interesting though.....
Aloha!
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Thanks for posting!
If you are interested in a book that includes details of the author's travels in Uzbekistan and other
Stans, I recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/So-Many-Enemie.../dp/0060524421
If you are interested in a book that includes details of the author's travels in Uzbekistan and other
Stans, I recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/So-Many-Enemie.../dp/0060524421
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Steve,now I understand why you told me that your wife won't travel to a 3rd world country again.With the world financial crisis,terrorism in Mumbai,upheaval in Bangkok, I'll rest comfortably for now in brrr Canada before venturing off again.
"Syl"
"Syl"
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Thanks, Steve, for that great report. It was very interesting indeed. The only thing wrong with it IMHO is that wallpaper behind the print. My eyes are still recovering.
But bless you for posting. Few reports on Uzbekistan. The hotels and food sound excruciating. Imagine being on tour with 30 people with the squits. Stop - start - stop - start - stop - start - splat!
Bravo for trying it and thanks for letting us know. I'll just drop Uzbeckistan a few notches lower on my 'places I must see before I die' list.
Maybe I could put it on my 'places to see AFTER I die' list - or, given the food, maybe it should go on my 'places to see WHILE I'm dying' list.
But bless you for posting. Few reports on Uzbekistan. The hotels and food sound excruciating. Imagine being on tour with 30 people with the squits. Stop - start - stop - start - stop - start - splat!
Bravo for trying it and thanks for letting us know. I'll just drop Uzbeckistan a few notches lower on my 'places I must see before I die' list.
Maybe I could put it on my 'places to see AFTER I die' list - or, given the food, maybe it should go on my 'places to see WHILE I'm dying' list.
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I just now had a chance to go through your trip report from start to finish. You did a great job pulling it all together with pictures and narrative. I'm still convinced this is a country better seen from a distance though!
I may regret asking this, but what exactly did they serve for food there?
Eating while travelling has always been a great source of worry for me. All it takes is one point of contamination and it's downhill from there.
Thanks again for a very interesting post.
I may regret asking this, but what exactly did they serve for food there?
Eating while travelling has always been a great source of worry for me. All it takes is one point of contamination and it's downhill from there.
Thanks again for a very interesting post.
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Thanks for a very interesting report. I really appreciate it when someone posts a report from a place we don't often see mentioned on this board. After reading your report, I understand better why we don't often see it mentioned! I think I'll just read about it - visiting there appears not to be conducive to one's health.
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Yes, lots of plov!!!
The dinner style is to start with everything on the table except the kitchen sink, including sweets, nuts, and salads. Then there's soup. It's a meat soup with 2 meatballs. For the vegetarians they take out the 2 meatballs (but it's still meat soup!)
Then they serve the plov or maybe some other dish with a small amount of meat. We did see fish a couple of times although it was on a buffet and very overcooked.
The best thing we had and enjoyed (and took home) was the roasted apricot pits in the shell. For those unfamiliar with this delicacy, apricot pits are popular in the middle east and are the size of small almonds. They salt and roast them and they are delicious.
The dinner style is to start with everything on the table except the kitchen sink, including sweets, nuts, and salads. Then there's soup. It's a meat soup with 2 meatballs. For the vegetarians they take out the 2 meatballs (but it's still meat soup!)
Then they serve the plov or maybe some other dish with a small amount of meat. We did see fish a couple of times although it was on a buffet and very overcooked.
The best thing we had and enjoyed (and took home) was the roasted apricot pits in the shell. For those unfamiliar with this delicacy, apricot pits are popular in the middle east and are the size of small almonds. They salt and roast them and they are delicious.
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The Belarus report is as enticing as Uzbekistan (think I'll avoid that whole region). I'm not being disrespectful of either place, but it shows the toll of being run by the Soviets for so long.
Thanks to both of you for your trip reports.
Thanks to both of you for your trip reports.
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I've just returned from a three-week trip around Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. I got severe food poisoning twice, both times in Uzbekistan, and so did a number of others in our group. That said, it was one of the most fascinating countries I've visited (and I've been to a few, see www.users.bigpond.com/g.w.meale ) and well worth a day or two of frantic dashes to the toilet. And yes, there are plenty of substandard toilets too, but there are usually good ones if you look hard enough.
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Given the lack of adquate bathroom facilities as noted in Steve's report, it's no surprise that foodborne illness is a problem.
If a paying traveller can't get a working toilet and sink to wash their hands, what do you think the sanitation level of the kitchen and staff must be?
That being said, the Hepatitis A vaccine is important to get. Hepatitis A is the hepatitis you get from eating/drinking from food, utensils, drinks, etc. that have been contaminated by an active carrier of hepatitis.
If a paying traveller can't get a working toilet and sink to wash their hands, what do you think the sanitation level of the kitchen and staff must be?
That being said, the Hepatitis A vaccine is important to get. Hepatitis A is the hepatitis you get from eating/drinking from food, utensils, drinks, etc. that have been contaminated by an active carrier of hepatitis.
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steve:
Here are some scanned pix of Uzbek SSR in 1985...you mat see some familar sites...only a few...slide show is best to view...remember, they're scanned...I just returned from a journey into Russia, Belarus amd Ukraine..my third trip to these parts...the other two were SSR days.
We did this recent one on our own, but had to take tour to get into Uzbek SSR back in 1985.
:__ http://tiny.cc/4uRr4
stu
Here are some scanned pix of Uzbek SSR in 1985...you mat see some familar sites...only a few...slide show is best to view...remember, they're scanned...I just returned from a journey into Russia, Belarus amd Ukraine..my third trip to these parts...the other two were SSR days.
We did this recent one on our own, but had to take tour to get into Uzbek SSR back in 1985.
:__ http://tiny.cc/4uRr4
stu
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Merry Christmas to everybody!!
After Uzbekistan, my wife decided that we needed to get far away from the third world. So, our next trip is to the wilds of southern Italy (Puglia).
TOWER: Yes I recognize several of your pictures.
After Uzbekistan, my wife decided that we needed to get far away from the third world. So, our next trip is to the wilds of southern Italy (Puglia).
TOWER: Yes I recognize several of your pictures.
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Wow! That is a trip report! I understand that you are now on a list of forbidden authors in Uzbekistan. I hope the tour was a financial travel bargain. We will not be going there at any price. Now, Italy, sounds good. I look forward to your travel report from Puglia.
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Now that I am well past my college years, I need nice hotel, clean, working bathrooms, and food that will not make me sick in order to go to that country. Many countries, including some I have not yet visited, meet those requirements. Maybe Uzbekistan will get there in time for me to add it to my list.