Uzbekistan | A harmadik út

Capital:

Taskent

Population:

27 606 007

Area:

447 400 km²

Cycled distance:

414 km

Samarkand – The furthest East where Vámbéry got

I needed one and a half day to get to Samarkand; I directly went to the Bahodir homestay. Most of the tourists travelling to Uzbekistan are arranging the stays for themselves and many of them are staying at the Bahodir. You can find here cyclists and backpackers. So this is the place where you can meet with people from all around the World, sometimes also people who are travelling in the opposite direction, to the West.There is a wall located here where travellers pin out they planned route, home page addresses or they just leave a couple of words. I also find the picture of Zita and Árpi on the wall, and glued my leaflet there as well. And the inner courtyard is amazing! Have a look at the video made here in Bahodir homestay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPRUWrBVU4

As-salamu alaykum Uzbekistan – another istan, another Muslim country

I crossed the border in the last hour – just like Zoli Bujna usually does :-) Maybe it was due to that, that the usually hours long checking was shortened down to half-half hour long procedures, and the next thing I knew was that I am drinking tea and having a watermelon with the Iranian truck drivers. I brought currency (Som) from black market money exchangers directly on the border, but later it turned out that I was given a pretty bad exchange rate.