- So just arrived in Tashkent and already there's an issue.
They took my drone.
It's going to be interesting to see if I get it back again in 2 weeks time.
That's how long they'll keep it for me.
Maybe I actually get some documents and they allow me to film and promote Uzbekistan but
it's the first time I've ever had a drone confiscated at the airport.
So it doesn't start off so well.
Now we're in the Tashkent to Samarkand taxi so basically you come here and you haggle
to get a taxi all the way to Samarkand and
I'm here with Angie!
So welcome to Samarkand in Uzbekistan.
We are standing right here in the Registan, which is the iconic square in the center of
Samarkand with these beautiful madrassas - absolutely stunning here so let's go and check it out!
Let's go!
So finally I have my hands on a plov (pilaf),
which is a very popular dish obviously in all of Central Asia
but here in Samarkand they claim it's like the original.
I'm not sure if it's true or not but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
So this is something that took me 4 days because apparently, well not apparently, for sure
you cannot get plov after like about 1pm, 2pm maximum in Uzbekistan for some reason
they don't eat it in the evenings just for lunch and they spend a lot of time preparing
so restaurants will only do it for you if you come on time so that's also a reason why
... you know, I'm a late riser.
I don't like the mornings.
So after breakfast we didn't make it.
- My name is Aza. - Aza, ok.
I'm Conor.
- I'm chilling.
I'm after work.
I'm chilling in the bar and something like that.
It's Samarkand.
It's not about the ... here is life ... people about ... 125 nationalities living in Uzbekistan.
Yes, yes, yes!
It's the truth.
For example, I'm a Turk.
I was born in Uzbekistan and I'm living here so something like that.
- So it's a bit melting pot.
- Yes, yes!
And what about you, bro?
Where are you from?
- I was born in Ireland.
Ireland.
- Ok, Conor McGregor!
- Exactly!
My name is also Conor.
- Really?
Ok, this is ... his name is Ramil.
- Ramil, what's up?
- He is a teacher. Ramil, what's up?
So a big thank you to the staff at Dilimah Hotel here in Samarkand.
They have graciously hosted me over the last few days of my stay here in this fantastic city.
It's a pretty cool hotel.
I'm going to link them down below.
It's in fact the premier hotel here in Samarkand and it has lots of different things obviously,
facilities like a spa, a fitness studio ... so in the spa they have a pool as well as a sauna
and of course there is a restaurant.
You can spot that maybe in the background here in the lobby to the hotel.
The rooms were fantastic and I'm going link them below so if you are planning to come
to Samarkand, this is the place for you to check out.
Ok, so wrapping up here in Bukhara.
It's a smaller town vibe - a lot of beautiful buildings, all right in the center, a lot
of amazing history because this was the center of the Silk Road bringing goods from China
all the way to Europe which made this region extremely powerful and wealthy and it has
a lot of these small little pools of water.
It's like an oasis town.
That's why of course, this city was built here on this spot.
People had water when they were traveling and that's the whole thing with the camels
as they were using the camels to transport the goods, the precious goods that they were
going to sell on in Europe and make those their money, make those greenbacks.
Yeah, so that's it.
That's Bukhara.
That's all I've got to say about it.
So behind we have the Hotel Uzbekistan with some advertising on the facade, super cheap looking.
There we go!
What does it say?
You can get advertising there if you call that number.
That's so cheap, man!
Tacky!
Ok, so minus 1 for Uzbekistan on that.
So my trip to magical Uzbekistan has ended, I'm back in the capital Tashkent, just a little
bit of time to look around especially at this guy here, Amir Timur.
The whole country is about Amir Timur and his horse.
Apparently that's what you need to be to be a real man in Uzbekistan.
You need a horse and you need to look like this guy here if you are going to impress
the local girls in Uzbekistan.
This was not a normal Tsar Experience video.
Of course, I am not in Russia, Ukraine or Belarus but I'm going to be going there very
soon when I jump on a plane back but before that I have some exciting new content coming
definitely in Kazakhstan.
I'm going to be flying to Almaty and maybe maybe I'm also going to go to Tajikistan.
I just have to see what happens with my travel plans so see you in the very next video.
We are at the Registan ... Registan?
- Registan - Ok, once again!