The Central Asian Experience
written here by Christian Wach
We’ve arrived in Uzbekistan, that’s for sure.
| Uzbek moneyIn which we are surprised by the exchange rate and the beauty of the local currency Duration: 0min 44sec |
Equivalents in cash
| Tashkent Visa TrainingThings take an unexpected turn at the Kyrgyz embassy Duration: 1min 03sec |
So then, more bureaucracy. Oh joy of joys. Still, on better note, we’ve just heard that Ananova published an article about us yesterday. Big shout to Ginny for the coverage. They’ve titled it “Football fans create World Cup’s version of Olympic torch” which we like – some nice touches too, such as the first line:
“A group of men (!!! – ed) are taking a football from London to Japan to create the World Cup’s version of the Olympic torch.”
The Ball hits the bar in Tashkent
Our stay in Tashkent has been brief – just long enough to organise how to get out of the place, in fact. We’re heading for the ancient and historic city of Samarkhand, built by Tamerlane to be the capital of his vast empire stretching far and wide across Asia.
| The road to SamarkhandIn which we leave Tashkent and anticipate meeting Rich Duration: 0min 32sec |
Rob says:
April 15th, 2002 at 12:11 am
Cool – so are you “sporting quirkies” or have you shaved them off?
steve says:
April 15th, 2002 at 3:13 pm
it’s good sound journalism, i like it..both factual and detailed
Tim says:
April 20th, 2002 at 9:02 pm
I thought Sporting Quirkies played in the Venezualan Rymans League.
Tim says:
April 20th, 2002 at 9:03 pm
Or even Venezuelan.
Rob says:
April 21st, 2002 at 3:10 pm
Don’t you mean Venusian?
Tim says:
April 28th, 2002 at 2:16 am
No