The next morning I woke up early and began to think that I have now solved the problem with my departure. In Uzbekistan, in general, is allowed no more than 3 days without registering. After morning tea, I went to buy a ticket. Since the tickets for the train there, because of the beginning of the stream of workers in Russia, just after the terrible Customs decided to fly. Generally Samarkand surprising abundance of ticket offices, a feeling that the aircraft is the main form of transport, but as it turned out from Samarkand fly to Moscow and Tashkent to 1 flight per day. Just the most bizarre was the fact that the price of the aircraft also had to bargaining, prices vary greatly and depend on the ability to bargain. But most surprisingly, tickets to Russia and other Central Asia countries was not. The question – which they then sell!
On the morning of Samarkand started hot, and according to some promised up to 37 degrees! First, it was decided to go to the bank to withdraw money in Uzbekistan money the card can only be the National Bank of Uzbekistan, there is write a check and give the money in U.S. dollars! Then we drove to the airport in the hope that it will help with the purchase of tickets, but the girl at the checkout said that there are only tickets to Istanbul, I vaguely imagine how you can get to Perm via Istanbul. I insisted that she once again looked availability of tickets to Astana, as in Russia was understandable lack of tickets, but in Kazakhstan, I think they should be. She offered me the option to go to Tashkent Airport for 3 hours before departure (11-50 flies), with a probability of 70% of the seats in the plane are not the best but can appear. Finale of our conversation was the disconnection of electricity at the airport, in general, “Merrily live!” I decided not to bother, we went to watch The ancient city of Samarkand, in 2010, he performed 2752 years!, Unlike the ancient Samarkand, Tashkent, have survived to modern times , is the beauty which is better to see once than a 1000 times about to hear it. While they were walking to the madrasas, Bibi-Khanum, went to the bazaar. Bazaars in Uzbekistan is a special asset, there can not leave without buying. In general, the mountains of different nuts, fruits, vegetables, cakes, sweets and other delights of the East pleases the eye.
Madrasah Bibi Khanum very beautiful, it is a boulevard along which the fashionable boutiques selling overpriced souvenirs: bathrobes, magnets, jewelry, and other joys. Then we went to the Registan. Majestic Square, which is considered one of the most beautiful squares in the world was bathed in sunshine that attracts the eye. The people were very much, except the few tourists foreigners. A lot of people coming from various regions of Uzbekistan. Then we went to the mausoleum of Gur Emir where the tomb of Tamerlane and his entourage.
On the way saw the “crying” fountains. In addition to the middle room on May Samarkand ripe mulberry. Mulberry is a sweet berries, which are there everywhere, these white berries you can eat wherever you want, besides just matured already giving the royal mulberry, black berries, they are more sweet and rich taste. So we have already approached the Gur Emir. In general, there has been a great value ticket price for visiting Samarkand, Uzbek citizens if it is between 400-700 soums (7-10 rubles), and for foreigners (including Russian) – 7000-9000 SUM (100-130 rubles) in general is such discrimination. Then we went to the tea-bit to sit and relax, before the train was about 2 hours. In the tea-house, I tried an interesting dish, potato tubers are small baked in fat meat, a mixture of beef and lamb, very tasty, and worth a dish 45 rubles of Russian money! He wanted a pilaf, but as it turned out in Uzbekistan is difficult to taste the risotto in the not lunchtime, then eat it in the morning there, and after 2 days, too, is gone. From the tea house went to the station, next to the station there is a bazaar, where I bought the cognac 5 stars – Samarkand, the price of 5000 sum (71 ruble!). Bought at the bazaar in the way of 1 kg of cherries for 1500 soums (23 rubles !!!), cucumbers and tomatoes were sold at 700 soums, potato, 600 soums (9 rubles). Strawberry was worth 1,000 soums (15 rubles)
Trains run on Uzbekistan is a special story, I had to ride on the company’s train № 7 “Nasatya” plying the route Karshi – Tashkent, which is en route stops only in Samarkand. It wanted to pass on “Registan” which runs from Samarkand to Tashkent, but he is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, no runs, but as it turned out “Nasatya” from “Registan” virtually no different.
I had a ticket purchased in 6 car trains on arrival I saw the plate number 6 on the first train and went, but what was my surprise when I showed the conductor the ticket, he said: “Oh, brother, you need the 6 train, and we have a !!! I asked him about the sign next to flaunt the fact that the car number 6, but he said that they forgot to replace the number of the car, and though the next car was number 2, and going to the tail-ended I went up to 6! The cars, produced as a Zadornov a story about two ninths of the car. If from outside the car was no different from any Soviet coach is going to the car, I was pleasantly surprised, which was located in a compartment behind the glass door coupe, located on 6 comfortable chairs, as in the aircraft compartment larger area than conventional cars, running air-conditioning , costs 2 working TV, on the table was a mineral water and Fanta, as wet wipes. The train departed on schedule, as was his average speed was 87 km / h, for comparison, this same train № 10 Astana – Kazakhstan has an average speed of 68 km / hour. 3,5 hours to find the train “Nasatya” passed unnoticed outside the window it was dark very quickly and we arrived in the evening Tashkent. By the way, I met a girl named Reseda, she suggested to me where I can stay. But as it turned out prompted her hotel “Cooperator” was closed, the hotel “Uzbekistan” not enough space prices were (from $ 110), and in addition there was no room, and caught a taxi and asked him to drive to the hotel “Turkistan” we long roamed the city, as the driver knew very little about where it was when we found her, it turned out that she too was closed, I asked him to take time in an inexpensive hotel in Tashkent, he took me to the Astoria, where there were seats at $ 45 . I have him paid for night riding around the city 4000 soums (57 rubles), and went to the hotel. Outside, night had 23-30. Hotel room is good, has everything you need for life. I went and took a shower, and at that time thought that swept across the night city realized that in Tashkent almost nothing to watch, this fault earthquake fault that was in 1966. In Tashkent, I was able to ride the subway, metro fine, looks a bit like The St. Petersburg.
In addition, I managed to see the famous TV tower and the monument of Amir Timur (Tamerlane), in general, and the names of monuments dedicated to Tamerlane in Uzbekistan is very much like in Soviet times it was Lenin.
