Tashkent

A slow start in the morning.
Our Hotel signs:
* “All the water in this hotel has been personally passed by the management”
* “Ladies in this hotel will gladly flatten your underwear”
We flew to Tashkent on an Antinov 24 turbo prop and checked into our hotel with CNN and a free afternoon.
John grabbed a “Mir burger” for lunch while I was still feeling a little slow.
We headed to the city centre and found all the museums were closed.
We walked to the Hotel Tashkent, passing by the Tamerlane statue with the ironic inscription: “Strength – In Justice”

We found the Salty Dog and passed a few hours drinking beers and reading the paper before buying some wine and cheese and heading home to watch CNN and write postcards.