‘Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Tashkent. The local time is 1:30 pm. It’s fourteen degrees Celsius, it’s raining. Thank you for choosing Uzbekistan Airways. We wish you a pleasant stay.’
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April 18, 2017. A time machine brings me from bleeding hot Dubai to drizzling Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital.
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The bazaar #uzbekistan
I flash back in time, to a year ago. To be more specific, to the start of my trip. This is not only due to the rain on that first day, thankfully unlike most of the rest of that year.
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Samarkand #uzbekistan
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But also to a Soviet reception committee of apartment blocks and chattering, excuse me, clattering storks in their nest. Baby boom … again! ‘Where is that baby shower?’
BAM! ‘I’m in the Czech Republic.’
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‘What am I saying?’
Potholes, in all sizes, and churches with golden domes.
‘Czech Republic?’
‘You are in Ukraine Trien’.
I love seeing kids playing #uzbekistan
Salt factories #uzbekistan
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17 million years ago the area was just an ocean. That’s why the soil is so salty #uzbekistan
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And donkeys, an extensive amount of donkeys, on and off the road, preferably stubborn. Now with a carriage, then again with a foal or just shamelessly horny. And pastel-colored houses. Yes, that too!
‘Ukraine?’
‘Not at all!’
‘You are in Romania!’.
Football time #bukhara #uzbekistan
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The Ark fortress in Bukhara #uzbekistan
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Bread is sold in a pram #uzbekistan
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Lada’s all around and ‘beautiful’ gas pipes above the ground.
‘Georgia it is!’.
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And what about the rolling green countryside with behind that snowy mountain peaks? And those giant wide rivers with a little stream of brown water?
‘Aren’t you in Azerbaijan Trien?’.
Also the language, influenced by the Turkish.
‘OK! Probably … Azerbaijan, that’s where I am!’
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But also rustling poplars, willows in a row, and white blossoms.
I’m ten again. Cycling through my street. It rains. I cycle through puddles, legs in the air … Woo hoo!
I sing. I feel good. I feel at home.
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‘Welcome Scotty, beam me up! Looking forward to the next surprise!’.
Welcome to Uzbekistan!
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trien trapt 
Prachtig Trien!! Waw, wat een ervaring…
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🙂 Dank je wel Ann. Leuk jou hier te zien. Al veel aan jou gedacht, met al dat Russisch hier. Had ik hier maar wat van jouw kennis op zak 😉
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Weer een mooie reis, wij genieten mee! x!
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Fijn dat te horen Wim. En dank je. Ook voor jullie mooie zomermaanden!
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Nous rentrons d’un voyage familial (opa, oma, griet, nicolas, louise et marie) et virtuel d’Uzebekistan : immersion totale avec musique locale.
Grosses bises de nous six
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Oh, die lokale muziek bij jullie wil ik ook wel horen (begeleid mama op de piano? ;)). Tot heel binnenkort (of toch ongeveer ;)). Heel veel liefs xxx
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Waw die foto’s. Prachtig. Zo leren wij ook een beetje de wereld kennen ( de echte). Love U be safe.Chantal
Zeer trots op jou.
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Dank je wel Chantal. En binnenkort nog een beetje meer wereld op je schoot. En een traantje vermoed ik ook 😉 Hopelijk kom ik Janah en Ran ergens tegen! Veel liefs xxx
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