Andijan

Again I went on a business trip to the city of Andijan, which is located in the Fergana Valley in Uzbekistan. Tourist routes do not pass through this city, and, basically, go through the Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, resulting in a better case in Tashkent. Today I'll show you the main street, yangi market and Andijon residents are not spoiled by the attention of tourists.


To get from Tashkent to Andijan by car, you need to pass a mountain pass. Sometimes the pass is closed due to bad weather. A week before my trip to the mountains it was snowing, and my colleagues drove the route in 11 hours. In good weather you can get a 5. Distance from Tashkent to Andijan, 350 miles.
population of Andijan 380,000 people. This is the fourth largest city in Uzbekistan, after Tashkent, Namangan and Samarkand. I stayed in a hotel on the main street of Andijan. Just five minutes from the Yangi Bazaar (Yangi means new. There is also an old part of town to another). On this street was a surprising number of pharmacies that literally every 20 feet. On the opposite side, by the way, just as many bridal salons. short main street. True Apple store was closed on Sunday. I'm not a fan, but I still wanted to go see it. the street offer an unusual, but apparently popular, service. It is ridiculous says. aircraft such as abnormal smoke, do not you think? Vyvestki found on Cyrillic and Latin. Latin introduced about 20 years ago, immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the separation of Uzbekistan.They say that many older people it is still not understood. Peynet - national and probably the most popular payment system in Uzbekistan. At the kiosk mobile operator Yusell posted lists of phone numbers, kotoyre can buy. area near the entrance to the bazaar. The men in the area - the taxi drivers. From here you can get to Osh (Kyrgyzstan), is just 40 kilometers from Andijan. Damas - the local bus.Accommodates 8 people including the driver, and the size of a little more than Matiz. Extremely popular in Uzbekistan. Since 2012 all TASK ordered painted in yellow and began to check the presence of licenses. They say that if private owners are caught with a passenger, on the first release, and the second time-consuming machine. Nevertheless, the car is just as easy to catch as before - just raise your hand to your queue. Pedestrians in Uzbekistan is very disrespectful. Drivers in Russia compared with the Uzbeks are just super-mega polite. So I otpravilya at the center of the life of any of the Uzbek city - on the market. Merry cobblers willingly photographed. samsa seller. If anyone knows, it's a pie with lamb and onions. Sams made ​​in a tandoor, on the street. Ready samsa "scraped" from the walls, and she falls into a bucket. cakes are sold in several places in the bazaar. Sell ​​now with these carts with covers of national patterns. And these were once prams. stationary bakery. Sellers cakes. No carts to the market to go uncomfortable. Some people buy food for all the family for a week. In the hands of all will not carry away. For little money you can hire a person with a cart that will carry your purchases. Sellers galoshes.Overshoes - a very popular shoe in Andijan. In winter it is damp, and many people wear them. One pair is 8000 soums ($ 3). According to sellers, enough for about a month. Do in the Fergana Valley in the city of Kokand. Moneychangers. On the main street near the bazaar are money-changers. They will buy your dollars, euros and rubles on the black course that's just a much more favorable than the public.When you pass by, they say, "Dollars, Russian" or "There is Cho?". Sumi platstikovyh are in the packages. Taken on hidden camera :) Taken votkrytuyu. All the people in Uzbekistan are able to count money very quickly. One time I picked up a taxi driver who taxied and parallel considered bills. A wad of money are behind the middle, and glance over notes with your fingers of both hands. Trained people are doing it very quickly, and it does not look at his hands. Large cuts in Uzbekistan do not. Maximum - one thousand soums (about 35 cents). They say that it is a measure to combat inflation. The photograph of one thousand five hundred notes each sum. This is slightly less than $ 200. In Uzbekistan a lot of people squatting on the street. First of all, they can sit around for a long time and they do not hurt their feet. I can not hold out for a few minutes. While searching the internet, so why do people sit, learned that pregnant women not to hunker down and sit on the toilet is better that way. It is very curious. There is a version that sit well in Asia, because for a long time before the beginning of the 20th century the houses had no furniture and the tables were low. And another traidtsiyu I think I began to understand. Why do people of Central Asia do not remove outer clothing on the premises - because there is banal cold. If you're in outer clothing, then it is cold outside, but if it's cold outside it is likely that cold in the room, as most buildings are heated in the winter or a bad way. So people are not accustomed to undress. Here is a man on the left asked who I was and where. Do not believe that I am on a business trip, said he looks more like a spy. And finally different photos without comment. Hello from sunny Andijan! Other posts about Uzbekistan: How to make tortillas in Bukhara are some tips intending to UzbekistanSamarkand. Tissue paper and carpet factory of Samarkand. Mosques and mausoleums of Bukhara. Old Town. Bukhara. People Tashkent, Khiva - city museum. Elik-Kala, or 50 fortresses of Khorezm. On the banks of the reservoir Charvak How to pick cotton in Uzbekistan