Today it was great not to have to get up and have the car packed to leave by 8am as we have 2 nights in Tashkent. We headed off for a tour of the city at 9am. Our first stop…

Leaving Ferghana at 8am we drove to Rishta. home of Uzbek pottery. We visited the studio/workshop of Rustam Usmanov who is well known for his designs and pottery. It was fascinating to  not only see the pots being thrown on…

After a tiring day yesterday we enjoyed a bit of a sleep in and the were able to have a late breakfast and leave the hotel at 9am. We drove to Marghilan where we first visited a silk factory to…

This was a big day. Again animals and drovers on road as we left the walnut forest. Drove over a pass again. We drove to Osh reputed to be one of the oldest cities in Kyrgyzstan where we had stroll…