Top Local Tips for Tashkent

Travelling in a Police State Don't catch the eye of a policeman in Tashkent. You'll likely be stopped and have to prove who you are. Don't hand over originals: carry photocopies of Passport showing id page and visa page. 1000 Soum (about 80 cents ) will usually restore your freedom, but Police are stationed four to a Metro platform, for example, bored, and underpaid.

The cafe in the Mechanics College garden There is a cafe in the garden of the Car Mechanics' Institute near the Fine Arts Museum that will sell you a cup of tea and a samosa for about 50p. It is a pleasant place to sit and watch the world go by after your 6-hour nightmare journey from hell trying to cross the border from Kazakhstan.

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• Address: 4 Movaraunnahr Street - Tashkent - 70047 - Uzbekistan