I’m in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, after visiting the Uzbek arm of the Aral Sea. I visited the Kazakh arm of the sea in 2015, so I was curious to see the Uzbek side. Unfortunately there was heavy rain the night before the trip, so the normally extremely bad dirt tracks became extremely muddy, extremely bad, dirt […]
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Uzbekistan: The Aral Sea
May 18, 2023
Uzbek Customs: That Personal Touch
October 4, 2009
I crossed from Tajikistan into Uzbekistan at the Tursanzade-Denau crossing, on the road from Dushanbe to Termez. The Tajik exit formalities were straightforward, taking only about 25 minutes. On the Uzbek side, the immigration formalities were easy, but customs was a little ugly. Uzbekistan has tight currency controls. If you are carrying undeclared currency, the […]
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