Eights days, three splendid cities. From preserve restored Islamic sites to the more modern Soviet Unions architecture, the cities incredibly distinguished by its own identities.
Last night we backed to the Hotel Uzbekistan, a classic example of a Soviet's architecture built in 1970. And we will be leaving Uzbekistan and hopefully we return to this fascinating country that has a lot to uncover.
Uzbekistan Airways flight HY 553 back to KLIA was later in the evening at 11-ish. Mr Zulfekar, our tour leader has requested for late check-out. That morning, we went to Chorsu Bazaar located in the center of the old town of Tashkent. We were given a 2 hours for shopping where we did bought souvenirs and local delicacies.
Picture on left: Roslina at the grandeur Hotel Uzbekistan
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| Facing the Chorsu Bazaar, by Nu'man |
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| We had good bargains at this stall |
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| Amek le satu yang... buat baju raya tahun ni (;-P) |
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| The one on left is recommended... jumma cake |
After spent about two and half hours at the Chorsu Bazaar, we backed to the hotel and prepared for the check-out. Then, we headed to the Plov Center and we were served with the horse meat.
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| I got two slices of the horse meat. |
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| The plov was cooked in this big pot called kazan |
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| Muka kekenyangan depan restoran |
After the lunch, we headed to the Khazrat-Imam Complex located in the old part of Tashkent. The site dated from the 16th century, but it was largely rebuilt and now rarely used as spiritual-place as it was.
On the other hand, Tilya Sheikh Mosque, is where the world’s oldest koran is displayed. It’s said that the book dating from the 7th century. We were intrigued to see it with our bare eyes, however we need to buy tickets, that's not included in the package. Hmmm.. we had used up all our SOM notes and only left 100 USD. They don't accept other notes and cards either... sigh!
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| Yet another inactive madrassa |
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| Hazrati Imam Mosque |
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| The name of that madrassa is Barakhon |
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| Bunches of souvenir shops in the madrassa |
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| Most of the building in Uzbek has this square, wonder what is it? |
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| The minaret |
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| It was about Asr time when we were there... |
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| But we have combined it in Dhuhr time |
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| Nice door handle |
It was 4pm and we were told that we will be at the airport by 7pm. Three hours left, the bus took us to the Samarkand Darvoza, the biggest mall in Tashkent. Well, I must say that this mall is no less bigger than Tesco in Puchong.. :P
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Ramsey Ramzi in action! |
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| We bought pizza for our early dinner. |
By 7 pm, we reached the airport and settled down with flight check-in. Not so many people that day, probably because of the corona virus cases.
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| My colleague mates, Dr Hezri, who also in the tour group. |
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| Taking preventive step from being infected with the corona virus. |
So guys... that's it for now! It was a memorable moment visiting the central Asia country, the Uzbekistan. Joining the tour package was a bit easy but less flexible. And, not much variety of places visited, no museum, no nature (I was expecting desert).. well Chimgan mountain might come close to that. Hopefully we can come again and visit other cities. Bye!
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