Caravanistan

We tried the ATM in the middle of the night (no sign of the exchange) and unfortunately it was out of cash! Another option, you could check to see if your host/hotel etc is willing to cover the cost and add it to your final bill. We did this on Tashkent after asking in advance and it was not an issu...

A few beer recommendations. Beerokrat, Shota Rustaveli Street. Craft beer place with some decent choices. Approximately 11000 som for 0.5l and also served food which I didn't try. Random beer shop, Shota Rustaveli Street. A local beer filling shop, the type of which I have only seen in Georgia, and ...

Rather than starting a new thread I had another general train question to add on. I'm travelling Tashkent - Samarkand and Samarkand - Bukhara in October. On my dates the Afrosiyob trains are sold out (I've tried both the online website and also tried a few agents including the Caravanistan ones wit...

I'm just back (well, currently stuck in Moscow but that's a different story) from a week in Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara and found ATM's were pretty widespread. Any we encountered offered both Som and USD. In Bukhara the ATM at Temirs restaurant didn't work for us, but in the old town near Lyab-i...

Well, I think Central Asia in general is a good test scenario for your iron stomach . We were not so impressed with what we saw, and we did like the food and atmosphere from the good restaurants, which is usually cheap too. Let's see! Thanks for the advice. Is it generally easy to get a beer from p...

My fiancé and I are travelling around Uzbekistan next week (2 X nights each in Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara) and are interested to try out some local eateries. Whilst guide books, blogs, this site etc have been great, we're interested to know if anyone can recommend some back street gems, the sor...