Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

It’s our last day in Uzbekistan and tonight we fly to Seoul. Yesterday we saw everything which was of interest so we can relax today. Tim was afraid that he left not enough time for Tashkent, but that was not the case. We rest, eat breakfast, bath and play some games before we go and…

We woke up reinvigorated, ready for our last two days in Uzbekistan. Looking forward to a proper breakfast, so we eagerly await the opening of the big supermarket across the street at 8.00. Meanwhile we do some laundry and entertain the children in bath. The supermarket has everything we need so we can have a…

Today we will leave Bukhara and go to our final destination in Uzbekistan, the capital city of Tashkent. But before we go Tim does a last round of the sights, it rains once again, and the city is not looking its best with the dreary grey sky. The rain also means we have to have…

We had a great night sleep until 6.00. Outside the sky is clear blue, so Tim goes for his morning walk. All the sites are once again photographed, this time with some early morning sunshine on the buildings instead of rainy clouds. We have breakfast in the guesthouse courtyard at 8.00. A nice setting. As…

Tim set the alarm at 5.30 since we have moved 8 hours east and the sun rises early. But once outside it’s grey and wet. Not the best for taking great pictures, but it is so refreshing not to breath the dry air and to feel the cold morning breeze against your face. Although Bukhara…

After a slow morning, with a final sunrise photography walk by Tim, a final bathing session by the children and a pancake breakfast enjoyed by all of us, we pack our bags at 9:00 for a 7-hour-train-ride to Buchara. Khiva’s train station is only a 10 minute taxi ride from our hotel, so we have…

Tim wakes up at 2.30, not believing it’s this early he also checks his phone, but it really seems to be 2.30. Not a time to go and explore a city, so back to bed, after lying wide awake for half an hour, and not believing the amount of light this time of night he…

We sleep in a hotel in the heart of the Ichan Kala in Khiva, the 1500 years old fortified town. It was one of the centres of the Silk Road, famous for its slaves market. Today, it feels like an open air museum with beautifully turquoise glazed tiles on minarets, madrassas and mosques all around…

Just before our pick up we get an email from the company saying that our intended driver couldn’t make it. So we have been upgraded from SUV to minivan. With two rows of seats we can all sit comfortably and the children can climb as much as they want. The road seems fine until we…

We came all this way to visit a museum. But like we forgot in Greece that museums and historical sites are closed on Christmas Day, so also are most museums closed on Monday. This means we got some extra spare time, we could visit another necropolis nearby, but given the fact that we will spend…

After we scanned our luggage and enter the Samarkand train station, it begins. Cleo has to go to the toilet. The first visit of many to come, but we did not know this yet. We buy some dinner at a doubtful snackbar and find the right track where the night train to Nukus is waiting…