2017 3-Stans Day 01: Kuala Lumpur - Tashkent, Uzbekistan

“If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else.” - Yogi Berra

Day 01: 11 August 2017 (Friday)

Route: KL – Tashkent

Flight: HY552 1145/1640

Hotel: Tashkent Shodlik Palace Hotel, Uzbekistan

Our group gathered in KLIA three hours before departure. Our Uzbekistan Airways flight HY552 departed at 11.45 am. We landed in Tashkent International Airport at 4.40 pm. The passport control was chaotic without a proper queuing system. By the time we passed immigration, our bags were already thrown out of the carousel.

(Uzbekistan Airways)

Our young local guide Mr. Maarof was waiting for us. We were transferred to our hotel for prayers then later went to Afsona Restaurant for dinner. Dinner was ok if not for the intermittent power blackouts. We ended up having a candlelight dinner in the stuffy dining room full of smoke.

We stayed overnight in Tashkent Shodlik Palace Hotel, Uzbekistan.

(Tashkent Shodlik Palace Hotel)

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