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Jul 30, 2019 | 8:14 am

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netllama

Join Date: Oct 2011

Posts: 203

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Originally Posted by antebellum

I'm wondering where you stayed in Samarkand and Bukhara? I'm planning to go to Uzbekistan in January.

Samarkand was Jahongir Hotel. Bukhara was Minzifa Inn. Both were good, and I can recommend them to others without reservations.

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Originally Posted by offerendum

Wow, a very interesting trip! The pictures are amazing!

thanks!

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Originally Posted by dustclee

How did you like Astana? Worth a day, or are a few hours enough as a long layover?

Also, where were you reading up about Uzbekistan Air? If you don't mind sharing some links, would love to read them as I'm considering taking their TAS-ALA so I have a bit more time in Almaty.

Thank you!

I didn't like Astana at all. It felt like a soulless architectural freak show. I guess as a layover it would be ok. Its absolutely not a walkable city though. Despite my best attempts, it was exhausting walking the 1km+ long blocks, especially when there wasn't much to see as traffic whizzed by.

I don't recall exactly where I read about Uzbekistan Air. It was random trip reports all over the place.

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Originally Posted by DanielW

Great trip report, netllama! Yes. flydubai definitely wins no prizes for service

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Beautiful photos of Ala Archa. You were brave to abandon the train! Just spent a weekend in Tajikistan, had plenty of shashlik and plov too

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Thanks! I'll look forward to your report from Tajikistan, as your reports are always in a class of their own.

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Originally Posted by Fredrik74

I was looking at this picture and thought I recognized this from my own trip a long time ago and I checked your original and realized that since you tagged it as jeti oguz this may indeed have been where I was.

I noted in Romaniantraveller's report that I have started to feel like it's time to go back and seeing more pictures from a very beautiful place doesn't change that feeling at all.

Thanks for reporting. I think more people need to see what it really looks like in Central Asia.

Agreed, its a region that deserves more visitors. Although I'd be concerned about it changing in a negative way if they suddenly got overwhelmed by bus loads of tourists.

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