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Zonguldak: A Pontic Boomtown
I have always been fascinated by the Black Sea. Despite its relatively humble size, Pontic coasts provide a good amount of interesting tales to those that venture over there. This is certainly helped by...
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My Uzbek Itinerary and Budgetary Notes (December 2023)
This ‘trip report’ of mine, for the lack of a better word, will differ from the previous ones. As this Uzbekistan trip was part of a larger plan that involved two other destinations in southern Kazakhstan,...
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Being a Vegetarian in Uzbekistan: Misconceptions and Disillusionments
Let us first address the elephant in the room, I am not vegetarian. I am a pescetarian. For the most part I lead a vegetarian diet, but not all the time. This means that I can eat stuff like sushi, or...
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Asian Food in Tashkent: The Good and The Bad
Let us continue our journey across the dining scene of Tashkent this week, with a look at its more Asian offerings. There is a surprisingly wide selection of cuisines that hail from the Far East in this...
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Mediterranean and Caucasian Food in Tashkent
Given how huge Tashkent is, it does not feel right to jam all the restaurants I visited or got delivery from there into one mega-article. It is best to go over them in two parts, with this first one being...
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Commemorating Done Right: Museum of Victory in Tashkent
I was not very fond of the museum scene in Tashkent until one lucky day, the day that I visited the recently opened (in 2023 that is) Museum of Victory near the northern outskirts of the city. From its...