Posts tagged: Andijon

Nov 30 2009

Fergana to Andijon, Uzbekistan

Asia hotel provided quite a good breakfast.
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Jerry had an appointment to meet a prospective bride in the morning. We met up later, walked around the park.
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Statue of Babur
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Like most countries around this region, Uzbekistan is famous for its carpet. This huge carpet 3X5 meters cost around USD$150.
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Street performance
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Another Bazaar
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We met with Jerry’s prospective bride at a bazaar and I tagged along to visit the girl’s workplace,
Law faculty
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and then had lunch together. It’s kind of hard to understand the conversation because it’s a three way conversation. The guide translated Russian to Korean for Jerry and Jerry then explained to me in some English.
Hang around the city with Jerry.

Then took a shared taxi at around 5pm to Andijon which is around 75kms away (1 hour, 2,000 Som~USD$1).

Took a cab to Hotel Andijon recommended in lonely planet guide book. However, the staff working there mentioned that I am not allowed to stay there after giving me the price. I don’t understand what’s the reason because she couldn’t speak English.

Took marshrutka 33 to Hotel Voldyn instead (16,500 sum~USD$8).
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Andijon Plov for dinner
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Met a friendly Uzbek guy, Bakhtiar at the internet café and he told me that he is willing to show me around the city tomorrow.

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