Day Eleven
We're nearing the end of our trip and yesterday we made our way back to where we started in Uzbekistan, the city of Tashkent.
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Tashkent is only one of two cities in central asia that have a subway and it feels great to be able to get around the city without having to rely on our feet or taxi's.
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The subway system was mostly built during Soviet rule and it shows, the stations are all uniquely amazing.
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Having emerged from the subway station there was some kind of protest (we think) going on, we observed from a distance and contemplated asking the people to move away from the statue we wanted to take a photo of, but decided otherwise.
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It's time for lunch, and besides a subway system it's great to be able to eat something different from Plov and meat on a stick.
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After lunch we explored around the city center, wandering past various monuments and parks.
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There are a lot of buildings in soviet architecture, which looks awesome.
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