Impressions of Uzbekistan
Read all the guidebooks you like, but when you travel to a new land, nothing prepares you for the feelings and impressions that spring up on arrival. So I find.
Landing at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan at 2 or 3 am, I was expecting empty corridors and baggage areas. Passport control was admittedly swift: nothing more than a brusque stamp. Then we went through to the carousels: the place was crowded. Welcome to the Uzbek habit of all night travel. Baggage collected , I expected a customs interrogation (we had been warned about complicated forms to complete). But we walked right out, past nonchalant officials.
