I recently spent two weeks travelling in Tajikistan, entering via the Uzbekistan border and leaving via the Pamir Highway, crossing the border into Kyrgyzstan. I had a truly fantastic time in this bea…
I started my Uzbekistan and Central Asia trip by flying into Tashkent. I hadn’t heard great things about Tashkent, with other travellers deeming it boring and even saying it wasn’t worth visiting. Hav…
In this blog, I’ll talk about a country I recently visited for the first time: Uzbekistan. This Central Asian country had been on my bucket list for almost a decade. Between building a business, survi…
Fellow travellers had described Bukhara as being very different from Samarkand and often referred to it to me as their favourite. Even though I hadn’t done as much research — and hadn’t looked at imag…
Despite having not done too much research for my solo trip in Central Asia, there was one destination I knew needed to feature on my vague itinerary. That was Samarkand. Time and time again, I had hea…
Stepping out of the $1.50 taxi I took from the airport to Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, I couldn’t believe my eyes. This was not the image of Uzbekistan I had pictured in my head. The city…
I’ve just wrapped up an epic month in Kyrgyzstan, one I’d been planning for ages. I visited as part of a larger trip to Central Asia, incorporating Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan; truly a dream…
I recently had a fantastic, memorable trip in Northern Uzbekistan, one that was quite spontaneous. Although I had heard positive things about visiting the Aral Sea & Moynaq Ships, I wasn’t sure if I w…
I’ve just spent the last three weeks travelling solo around Uzbekistan, a destination that had been on my radar for years! It was around 2019 that I first remember lusting over photos of this incredib…
Uzbekistan is a fascinating country, filled with Silk Road history, stunning turquoise mosaics, and some of the best souvenir shopping I’ve ever experienced. I enjoyed my solo trip to Uzbekistan, whic…
April 2026 was a very exciting travel month indeed. I embarked on a 17-day solo trip to Central Asia, visiting Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan! It was my first time visiting this part of the wo…