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, and as I could not find the time to be extra careful with my documentation for all the payments […]
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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 fried fish. This already puts me in a much better spot than actual “proper”
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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 admittedly huge Central Asian capital, so buckle up for an exciting ride! Restaurant Halal Nur Malaysia –
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 dedicated to venues specializing on Mediterranean or Caucasian cuisines. Read on to find out where
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 presentation to the way its exhibitions are placed, and all the way from its innovative use
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Tashkent is home to a plethora of different museums, though most of them are dedicated to more cultural exhibitions. There are a handful of unique ones that are dedicated to the likes of automotive industry and astronomy. This is not to say that the cultural ones are boring, on the contrary, for people like me
As is tradition in any and all fledgling countries, Uzbekistan intends to create and reinforce its newly gained and reinforced identity through sponsoring many national museums. Some of them focus on history, while some others are of a more artistic nature. Read on to find out more about the cultural museums found in the capital
Tashkent is an interesting city, one that changes ever so rapidly these days. Construction is the name of the game here, that and a lot of armed police officers and some other security details running around town to make sure all is running as it should, I guess. It is a tad too much for
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Due to the earthquake of 1966 that truly devastated the city, Tashkent today bears the mark of Soviet architecture ever so visibly, as it was rebuilt post haste by orders from Moscow following the disaster. Though some mosaics and buildings, as well as a few statues did not fare well, either due to passing of
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Tashkent is a city with thousands of years of history behind it. Though its more recent decades are of utmost interest to me, especially its relatively recent Soviet past, one cannot ignore what had happened before that. If it was not for the 1966 earthquake that devastated the city, I am pretty sure this article