Welcome to Uzbekistan the most amazing underrated country in the entire world
Welcome to Uzbekistan the most amazing underrated country in the entire world it is fantastically
cheap it has amazing architecture great food and really nice amazing friendly people
this video I will give you all the travel tips you need to come visit this beautiful
country more time let's start
I want to talk to you about visa for Uzbekistan and getting here now a lot
of countries do not need a visa there's an e-visa service but if you do need a visa I
would recommend applying as early as possible because bureaucracy can be a little slow here
I applied for a drone permit and it's been months I haven't heard anything on it so yeah
apply well in advance the second thing is the borders so a lot of the land borders can
close on short notice I was supposed to cross in from Panjakant I ended up coming through
Denal like the entire south of Uzbekistan and it wasted an entire day and the border
closed on just like two days notice so be prepared for that and I would recommend aligning
your visit with flights which are not very common between these countries so yeah be
careful when you plan your trip leave a little bit of buffer
Do you want to be a millionaire you need to move to Uzbekistan
this is the currency of Uzbekistan and this is called the som now let's see this is a
hundred thousand som and I don't think this is the biggest inertion like note so up it's
quite an interesting thing you you know you convert 100 200 and you're a millionaire but
that's where the good news ends because there are so many zeros it's easy to get confused
I would definitely recommend checking double before you pay for anything because a couple
of times you know I paid five thousand instead of 50 000 and people came running after me
or I paid 50 000 you know instead of five thousand be careful with that it's quite easy
to pay here with cards as well in the big cities like the touristy ones so um but there's
a little surcharge always which is not much to be honest it's like one or two cents something
like that and um there's also quite a lot of ATMs in the cities in the centers the tourist
places but always keep cash on you because if you're getting out of the cities you'll
not get ATMs easily and there's quite a few banks that just will not use except International
payments so let's continue on to the next spot
so the best way is to use trains now the train system is really good really new and really
cheap comparatively because from Bukhara to Samarqand the ticket is only like five and
a half dollars and I would highly recommend booking things in advance because I just snapped
the last ticket on this train two days ago so don't worry about the commission it's not
that much book things in advance the web the app is used at railways or I will
also put the link in description where you can book tickets on their website so if you
want to use their connections where the trains are too long or you want to go quicker they
also have multiple airports which you can use
the best way to get around is on shared taxis just hail one hop in it's around 10 000 soms for each ride
For Uzbekistan I would not recommend coming with a full tour
guide it didn't look so good for all the people who were doing that because they were rushed
so their websites for the trains buses etc is really good you can definitely do that
on your own but when you're in the cities I would recommend getting guides so you get
like a good idea of the history and where everything is
I would recommend getting u-cell or B-Line both have pretty good coverage in the cities
and you can buy the SIM card very easily I got 10 gigabytes of data for like four dollars
which is pretty good and the coverage was good in the cities outside I'm not too sure
it wasn't that great when you're traveling on the train between the cities now the internet
is not very fast and Wi-Fi is not very available so yeah if you're working remotely high-speed
internet is a little bit of an issue in Uzbekistan
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The language is Uzbekistan is Uzbek which is a turkey language not related to Farsi although in Bukhara and Samarkand a lot of people speak tajik
which is another word for Farsi in Cyrillic now most people in other cities will speak
Uzbek and Russian that's the second biggest language here English is not widely spoken
and nor are you know other European languages I would highly recommend you download the
Uzbek and Russian language packs on Google translate before coming here although a few
people in the hospitality industry do you speak English
People of Uzbekistan honestly they are seriously hard-working amazing friendly and they go out of their way to make
you feel welcome here I I mean I didn't the entire trip the 10 days that I spent here
I did not come across a single person who was rude or you know horrible to me racist
no way at all they're really nice friendly people and I would recommend being really
nice to them especially sometimes when it comes to the language barrier but I'm really
thankful to everyone I met from the guides to the hotel staff everyone super amazing
they are really nice people I just can't say that enough
Uzbekistan is perfectly safe to visit I had no problems walking around at night I mean
I was traveling alone no problem whatsoever they also have The tourist police which have
their booths like everywhere most tourist hot spots if you have any issues give them a shout
but didn't really need it people are really nice they're really helpful and walking around
after dark is also not a problem at all so it's perfectly safe
what is the best time to visit Uzbekistan now it gets really hot in summer and really
cold in winter so I would not recommend these two seasons come from April to May and then
September October these are the perfect times to visit this beautiful country you'll get the best temperature I promise you
how many days should you spend in Uzbekistan
now I would recommend no less than eight to nine days because you will be running around
every city I would recommend at least two days and then a little bit of time with between
you know getting from one place to the other so that is the bare minimum anything less
than that you will not be doing justice also you might need to add an extra day for Tashan
because most of the flights do come or leave from here this being the capital
I am sitting in a hotel called riskeros and there's another beautiful one called
a golden minaret for Bukhara if you're looking for good places now the courtyards in most
of these hotels are really beautifully decorated like look at the one behind me absolutely
amazing do check out a few I've not seen anyone mention these but the most important thing
here is one not to book it on Airbnb those sometimes are problems with payments booking.com
is better two I've seen people complain a lot about small things you have to realize
these people are opening up their houses to to start hotels or small guest houses please
do not if this is not London or Paris you know calibrate your expectations these people
are trying their best and most of them are just so wonderful and they're so amazing so
hospitable that it actually I feel embarrassed to complain about small things to calibrate
your expectations and I mean the price you get in here I mean you should expect a lot
anyway but they do try to go overboard to accommodate as much as possible really lovely
wonderful people keep that in mind and you will have an amazing time
there are a lot of cats here they're really adorable and most of them are really friendly so they will come to you
but be a little careful because some of them can be quite feisty
she's not bothered
bring yourself a light jacket you will need it in the evening it gets quite chilly um
and for that reason you also don't need a lot of air conditioning at night fans work
absolutely perfectly
don't forget to bring yourself some sunscreen sunglasses and a hat it gets really hot during the day
now that you have all the practical information let's get exploring
in Uzbekistan I've created a playlist that will give you all the top things to do in
Samarkand Bukhara Jiva and Tashkent as well as food suggestions so click on the link above
and let's explore this beautiful country together