Soviet Style BREAKFAST + Uzbek Wedding CRASHING! | Termez, Uzbekistan
My time in Termez was slowly coming to a close, but not until one last adventure in Uzbekistan’s southernmost city! Come along with me as I enjoy a delicious Soviet style breakfast and crash an Uzbek wedding!
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Breakfast culture isn’t big in Uzbekistan (it’s mostly just bread, butter, and tea), but I wanted to head over to Café Bistro with my guide Otabek to have a Russian and Uzbek breakfast.
I got a huge mix of pasta, eggs, rice, onions, beef, ham, grains, oatmeal, and a pumpkin somsa. The somsa was really delicious and contained a nice pumpkin mash and onions. It was the first kind I’d tried that didn’t have beef in it. It was like pumpkin pie in an empanada.
The oatmeal was super sweet and watery and very different from the thicker, drier kind I eat with peanut butter in America. But it was good! The milk had a sweet flavor, almost like cardamom. I soaked some of my bread in it – it was like Uzbek cereal!
Next, I dove into the delicious onion and beef penne pasta. The rice had an earthy gravy drizzled over it, like mushroom gravy. The beef was nice, tender strips, while the egg was nice but the yolk was completely cooked. I also had a huge sausage, which was too big for me!
Then, I mixed everything together. It wasn’t my favorite breakfast, but I wanted to eat as much as I could so I wouldn’t be hungry on my flight. The gravy tied everything together nicely. My favorite thing was the coffee. Then, we headed to the Archaeological Museum of Termez next!
The museum opened in 2002 on the 2500th anniversary of Termez. Inside are archaeological finds from the Bronze Age up to the 15th century! They have a map of the Surxondaryo Region, where Termez and Jakurgan are located.
I also saw pottery, a piece of a pillar, statues, a bathtub from the 4th century BC, a beautiful 11th-century vase, and a replica of the Silk Road Gate I visited the previous day. There was also a stele of Koran writing.
Upstairs were items from the Bronze Age, including tools, pottery sherds, weapons, paintings, bones, and more. There was also an area dedicated to Alexander the Great, including replicas of his bust. There was also a model of the city he built, Kampyrtepa.
It was a massive showcase. There was so much history there! One of the coolest things I saw was ancient plumbing from the 10th century. They were ceramic water pipes that brought water from the river to the homes! I also saw jewelry, more vases, coins, bells, and ceramic work from the 9th and 12th century AD. I loved the colors! There was also a wooden 11th century book stand.
Next, we headed to a wedding ceremony in a huge ballroom at Afruz. The food looked great! I had two shots of vodka to celebrate with everyone. I wished I could have partied with the guests, but I had an hour until my flight!
Then, we headed to Termiz Xalqaro Aeroporti. Security let us through. My bag was overweight but they let me through, so it was all good and super easy.
I boarded my flight. An hour-long nap later and I was back in Tashkent! I got on the shuttle bus, got my bags, and headed back to the Hyatt Regency. The streets are wide and there are lots of remarkable, Soviet-style buildings.
I headed up to my room. It had a beautiful king-sized bed, a couch and work area, and a gorgeous bathroom!
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Traditional UZBEKISTAN Noodles & Dumplings + Exploring ANCIENT KHIVA | Uzbekistan
After arriving in the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of Khiva, Uzbekistan, I hit the ground running to explore this ancient walled city. Come along with me as I try some delicious Uzbek dishes and explore this living museum!
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My latest adventure began in Itchan Kala, the walled inner city of Khiva. The walls have 4 gates in them. Its most prominent site is Kalta Minor, a turquoise minaret that’s only half-finished!
I headed to a restaurant where I had some soft, layered Uzbek bread with 3 salads with tomatoes and cucumber, tomato and eggplant, and eggplant and carrot. There were no spices, but they were so tasty. The tomatoes exploded in my mouth!
Then I had a delicious, pure pumpkin soup and a dish called shivit oshi, made up of green dill noodles with beef, peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and carrots. It’s served with yogurt so you can make it more of a creamy pasta. It was incredible!
I moved on to 3 types of dumpling called barak, including tukhum-barak, which are ravioli with an egg filling. The noodles, dumplings, and wontons originally came from China via the Silk Road.
The first beef dumpling was like a Chinese slippery wonton. The tukhum-barak tasted like an Italian ravioli. They were cold, as they’re meant to be eaten during the summer. The beef one was so tender and contained no spices. I loved that it was cold!
My favorite dish was the shivit oshi! It was like tasting the Silk Road!
After dropping off our bags at our hotel in the middle of Itchan Kala, I met up with my guide Tulqin in Friendship Square.
Khiva became the first UNESCO World Heritage City in Central Asia in 1990. The walls are 2.2 km long and 10-20 meters high. The area outside the walls is called Dichan Kala. There are lots of madrasas, mosques, and minarets inside Itchan Kala.
Right inside the gate, I found some beautiful hand-made hats. I negotiated and paid 80,000 som.
We went back to the map of Itchan Kala. There are 54 historical, cultural, and archaeological sites within the walled city! Khiva was a caravan spot along the Silk Road, so people would stop there on their way between Europe and China.
I also saw more chugirma and saw some local kids making some beautiful, intricately-carved chairs, folding stands for reading books, plates, cutting boards, and more.
Then we visited a carpet workshop and watched the women weave beautiful silk carpets! Sometimes it takes up to 2 years to make larger carpets!
Next, we headed to the tallest minaret in Central Asia, the Islam Khoja Minaret. On the way, I bought a carved stick that protects your house from the devil for 150,000 som. The minaret is carved into the top!
There are 118 steps to get to the top of the minaret. The ceilings are low and the stairs are steep and narrow. It wasn’t easy to get up there! At the top I got incredible views over Khiva. It had the same desert feel of Morocco. Beautiful!
Outside, there was music and people dancing with traditional dolls. We moved on to the biggest mosque in Khiva, which dates back to the 10th century. The room inside has 213 carved pillars!
We followed a 200-year-old road to the new palace. The imprint from the king’s carriage are dug into the road. I saw a carriage, which was a gift from the Russian emperor, and the reception of the 19th-century palace. It was made of gorgeous blue tiles. Then, we visited a bazaar with clothing, ceramics, hats, and more!
I hope you enjoyed exploring Khiva with me! If you did, please give it a thumbs up, leave a comment, and subscribe! I’ll see you in the next travel/food adventure!
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Trying ARMENIAN LAVASH for the FIRST TIME + Visiting the Matendaran | Yerevan, Armenia
After arriving in Yerevan, Armenia in the wee hours of the morning, I woke up bright and early to begin my 10-day adventure through the country with Armenia Travel. Come along with me as I try Armenian lavash for the first time and visit the Matendaran Museum in Yerevan!
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I met up with my guide, Gayane from Armenia Travel, and rode through Yerevan. It’s one of the oldest cities in the world at 2,800 years old. The area has been continuously inhabited for 8,000 years!
The Matendaran is a huge museum that houses over 17,000 manuscripts. Inside, I met my museum guide, Nadia. Only 1% of the manuscripts are available to be viewed by the public. I learned that the Armenian alphabet was created in the year 405. The alphabet didn’t have numbers until the 16th century. They used letters as numbers.
There were several ancient, beautiful manuscripts, including some made of parchment. There was even a petrified manuscript, as well as the largest and smallest manuscripts in the country.
I also saw the first printed Armenian book from 1512 and the first printed Bible from 1666. They started coloring the manuscripts around the 8th centuries and the dyes were made from all kinds of materials!
I also saw an impressive ivory book from the 6th century. There are only 3 of them in the world. There was also a book with gold and silver binding, a manuscript of criminal law, a huge silver Bible, and more! You can also see restored manuscripts.
You can see how they made the dyes for the books in another hall. Most of the silver books were New Testaments.
Then, it was time to eat lunch at Restaurant Lavash, which focuses on traditional Armenian cuisine. Lavash is an Armenian flatbread. I loved the setting. Next to our table, I could watch the women in the kitchen make the bread and bake it in a tandoor.
I started with some delicious homemade pomegranate wine. I’d never had it before. It was the house wine and was so good! I was in love with it!
Then, I had some lavash, puri (Georgian bread), walnut paste, and Greek salad with walnuts, olives, and tomatoes. Then, there was also an Asian salad. The Greek salad had some delicious, string-cheese-style feta cheese and I loved the crunch from the walnuts.
The walnut paste was almost like a walnut hummus and came with cucumbers and tomatoes. You eat it with the puri. It was full of walnut flavor that comes out later and had a nice texture mixed with the oil. I loved the super thin lavash with the walnut paste. It was thin like a crepe and is actually a UNESCO dish!
The Asian salad had eggplant, carrots, tomatoes, herbs, bacon, mushrooms, and a nice glaze. The salad was so refreshing and crunchy! The combination gave it a nice Caspian vibe!
Next, I tried kufta, a beef and tomato dish that almost looks like eggs. It’s fresh, buttery ground beef with an egg-like taste. After that was Armenian a grainy porridge with nice mushrooms. Next was pumpkin stuffed with beef, beans, and vegetables. The beef was like a beef stew while the pumpkin was a little hard and dense. It was super unique!
I followed that with a delicious, semi-sweet red wine made from pomegranate. I could feel the alcohol in it!
For dessert, I had gata, which was part of the biggest gata in the world! There was also a huge, layered Armenian dessert called milfoy.
The gata is stuffed with dried fruit and has lots of layers of dough. The top is crunchy, while the inside is very creamy. It’s a delicious, layered cake that reminded me of Greek baked dishes.
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Узбекистан #12. Города Побродимы. Полная версия.
Узбекистан. Ташкент. Самарканд. Бухара. Хива. Чимган. Чарвак. Uzbekistan, Uzbekiston
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В Узбекистан с удовольствием поедут те, кто уже побывал в Италиях и Испаниях и хочет чего-то экзотического, но поблизости, безвизово и недорого. На мой взгляд, наиболее комфортно путешествовать по этой стране весной. Я, кстати, еду поесть. Попробую плов. Самаркандский, бухарский, хивинский, ташкенский. И — самсу! Очень я самсу с бараниной люблю!
Итак, в планах — посещение четырех городов. Каждый из них хоть раз был столицей, кстати. Каждый по-своему интересен, красив и необычен.
Вообще, логично маршрут выстраивать таким образом — Ташкент-Самарканд-Бухара-Хива. Чтобы степень экзотичности, востока изменялась плавно по-нарастающей. Ташкент выглядит очень современно, центр города — это здания из стекла и металла. А Хива — сама древность!
Однако в силу множества обстоятельств, моя поездка сложилась иначе. Я взял билет до Ташкента, оттуда направлюсь в Бухару, затем — Самарканд, ну и на сладкое — Хива.
Бухара - это как бы три города. Новый, старый и древний. Новый туристу, приехавшему за восточной экзотикой, будет малоинтересен: современные дома, дороги, магазины — всё как везде.
В минуте ходьбы от гостиницы – сердце старой Бухары. Ляби Хауз. Это и площадь (когда-то торговая), и ансамбль (архитектурный), и водоём. Слово Хауз многих вводит в заблуждение. Никакого отношения к английскому языку оно не имеет. Хауз — это не здание! Слово персидское, означало водоём. По сути – бассейн, но не для плавания. Там хранили питьевую воду. Для жаркого климата — настоящий источник жизни, вокруг которого она и кипела.
Наконец-то я попробую настоящий бухарский плов!
Для пиршества было выбрано кафе Чинара. с абсолютной ответственностью заявляю — плов здесь - волшебный!
Арк – аналог нашего Кремля. Сооружение создавалось для защиты от набегов. Высокие и толстые стены спасали эмиров, министров, придворных, обслуживающий персонал… До трёх тысяч человек. Крепость не смогла защитить бухарцев лишь дважды - при нашествии Чингисхана и при наступлении большевиков. Тогда красный командир Фрунзе приказал бомбить Арк с аэропланов.
Если вы бывали в Самарканде, то знаете, что его визитной карточкой является Регистан. Но такие площади есть и в других городах. В том числе в Бухаре.
На ней стоит высоченный минарет Калян. Применение – разнообразное. С него и призывали к молитве,и сталкивали преступников, и использовали как маяк. Караваны в ночи могли ориентироваться на его свет.
Следующий пункт путешествия – город мёртвых. Официальное название — Чор Бакр. Четыре бакра. Приставку «бакр» к своему имени брали теологи. Некрополь появился в 10-ом веке, когда тут захоронили четырёх священнослужителей. Потом это стало традицией.
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Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide | Best Things to do in Kyrgyzstan
We're thrilled to release our Things to do in Kyrgyzstan travel guide which covers the World Nomad Games, Horse trekking, hiking and visiting Bishkek for an extended period of time. We also delve into the local cuisine of Kyrgyzstan showing some of the most traditional Kyrgyz foods you can try. The following is a playlist of the individual videos we have stitched together to create our guide:
Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide | Best Things to do in Kyrgyzstan Playlist:
1) Kyrgyzstan Travel: Horse Trekking and Yurt Stay adventure to Song Köl
2) 15 things to do in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide
3) World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan (Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары - Всемирные игры кочевников)
4) Eating Kyrgyzstan: Traditional Kyrgyz food in Bishkek
5) Visiting Karakol as day trip in Kyrgyzstan
6) Hiking in Kyrgyzstan adventure travel with Trekking Union
7) Bishkek Apartment Tour in Kyrgyzstan
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Our Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide features some of the best things to do in the country including hiking, horse-trekking and hanging out in Bishkek. You'll find our guide offers more than what is typically featured in a tourism brochure.
Things to do in Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide Video Transcript:
Hey guys we're in Kyrgyzstan. Yeah, new country for both of us so that is pretty exciting. First time in Central Asia so we are stoked to be here. Yeah and over the next few days we are going to be horse-trekking in Song Köl so we're going to take you along but before we get there we're making a little stop. First up Burana Tower right here. So we're going to climb to the top. Are you ready? Yes.
Greetings from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan! Hello from Central Asia. It is our first time here and we are going to be spending a few days here in the capital. So we're going to take you on a little tour and show you fifteen things to do around Bishkek (Бишкек). It should be fun.
And that’s a wrap for our trip to Bishkek (Бишкек). As you can probably tell from this video, this city is the kind of place that you experience as opposed to ticking off attractions, so it ended up being a fairly relaxing trip after a few busy weeks of travel around Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан - Киргизия). As always, if you have any suggestions of things to do in Bishkek, feel free to share your tips with fellow travellers in the comments section below. See you next time!
Hey guys we're at the World Nomad Games (Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары) in Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан) and this is basically like the Olympics for Nomadic Games and Culture.
So we're going to show you around. We're going to be hear for several days but first the Opening Night Ceremony.
The following morning we went up to the jailoo, also known as the pasture, where they had set up a folk village so visitors could wander around and learn about Kyrgyz culture. After catching the opening dance, we set out to visit the various camps, each showcasing a different region.
So it is lunchtime here in Bishkek (Бишкек), Kyrgyzstan (Киргизия) and today we are going to be having a feast. We are going to be sampling all of the traditional dishes that we've been eating over the last three weeks because that is how long we've been traveling in the country. So we're ordering a big spread. This is probably enough food for like five or six people but Sam and I are going to try and eat it all and just showcase what Central Asian cuisine is all about. So we hope you enjoy.
Good morning from Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан). It is time for a day trip because we've been spending a lot of time at the World Nomad Games and it is time to get out and get to know the country a little bit. So we're taking a day trip to Karakol (Каракол). We're going to be doing some hiking, visiting waterfalls.
Well good morning. It is Saturday here in Bishkek (Бишкéк) and it is our last day in the city so we figured why not get out of the city get close to nature.
So it is time for another apartment tour. Right now we're in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. We've been traveling around the country for three weeks and we've spent ten of those days here in the capital.
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