Tashkent

Tashkent is definitely one of those places we didn't have much of an expectation for and proved to be just excellent. It started well when we arrived from the (surprisingly not too traumatic) overnight bus and the hotel we were staying in let us check in early and fed us breakfast. They opened two weeks ago and were trying to butter us up for good reviews, which absolutely worked in our favour and we had a very comfortable few days.

Lots of wandering around seeing increasingly fabulous Soviet architecture, of which Tashkent has in bucket loads, of a particularly beautiful Uzbek decorative form, including the slightly mental decorated metro. And we went a bit mental in the Chorsu bazaar which is fun and has more pickles and nuts than it really needs.

Went up the Hotel Uzbekistan at night for a drink. It should be very fancy - it is certainly a 10/10 building and has a good view from the top - though the bar is hilariously shit in a sort of entertaining way (kind of like a cafeteria that sells cheap beer and shisha).Baca lagi