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My first sit down western Christmas lunch! I am defying my slightly obsessive compulsive nature of not breaking up my holiday posts to put in a interlude  post - my first western Christmas lunch. T invited me to join him and A for lunch on Christmas day, complete with a Christmas cracker. All...

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We had 2 full days in Tashkent but due to some unforeseen errands, it took a large chunk of the day one but here are what we did. As the errand was done in the modern part of Tashkent, I'll start with that. Modern Tashkent 1. Amir Timur Maydoni It is technically a...

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From Tashkent International Airport departure hall 1.   The quietest airport award goes to airports in Uzbekistan (ok, disclaimer - at least the ones I've been to). After our ordeal in Manas Airport, we were a little paranoid decided to err on the cautious side and get to the airport earlier but our fear was unfounded....

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In this Malaysian household, Amir Timur is "neighbour" with Doraemon. Yes - the blue postcard on the right of Amir Timur is Doraemon.  If you are not good in remembering names or running out of time to read up anything, or even if you dislike history, there are two men I would like...

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The calm after the chaos Because Paul asked, here's a very long winded version of what happened at Manas Airport... This picture was nothing indicating of the chaotic, stressful checked in we endured before getting to this waiting area. It started out as we waiting for the taxi to come and pick us...

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Board outside Ichon-Qala, Khiva I read that it is cheaper to buy any flight tickets in Uzbekistan itself but we didn't really have much time to do slow travel, so we opted to get the tickets before departure. If you plan to take a domestic flight, it would be hard to avoid Uzbekistan...

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I find the non (bread) fascinating... aren't they pretty? Osh Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in Bishkek. It is on the west side of the town. I've read that people cautioning on avoiding "undercover policemen" in Osh Bazaar and to be careful of belongings. Fortunately for us, we were not approached...

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Ala Archa National Park is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan mountains about 40 km south of Bishkek. This nature reserve spans about 20,000 hectares. Mountains, rivers and pine forests pretty much sum it up. We initially approached the hostel for the cost of getting to Ala Archa, from memory they...

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We got back to Kochkor from Song Kul on 31st August, Kyrgyzstan's Independence Day, low in funds and the money chargers were closed! Well, Kochkor is a small town but anyway, thank goodness for working ATM machine. ^^ Getting back to Bishkek is pretty much the same way - find a shared taxi...

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Kyrgyzstan is the first country we travelled to in Central Asia and rightly so as we want to fit in this yurt stay in Song Kul before the shepherds pack up to leave before it gets too cold. So we have fitted this rest & relax time at the beginning of our trip....

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