86-88 Kirgizie

Kaart Kirgizie



Dag 86: Almaty naar Bishkek met de bus.  

Vlag van Kigizie

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We pakken vandaag de bus van Almaty naar Bishkek de bus doet er 5 uur en 7 min over.
Hij kost ongeveer $12,00 per persoon. 5x per dag


Apple Hostal Bishkek  7,00 euro per nacht 

Apple Hostal 

Nationaal hoofddeksel

Marktvrouw, hier wordt nog veel gelachen

Dag 87: Bishkek:

Uitstapje naar Burana met de bus 1 uur en 10 min. 81 km. $12,00 t/m  $ 15,00

Op weg van Bishkek naar de Burana Toren

Burana Toren

Openbaar vervoer

Kirgizie Youtube film 

We gaan de stad bekijken


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Dag 88: Bishkek naar Tashkent per bus.

Ingang naar het Kojomkul gedenkteken

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Gedenkteken van de sterkste man van Kirgizie

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Weg in Kirgizie

Begraafplaats onderweg

Landschap onderweg

Hier kan je ook overnachten

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Er wordt weer een nieuw onderkomen gebouwd

We zijn bij de bakker

Het brood is erg lekker

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We pakken weer de bus naar Tashkent, hij doet er ongeveer 12 uur en 17 min. over
en kost ongeveer $16.00, hij vertrekt 2 x per dag.

Bus Bishkek naar Tashkent

Wanneer we in Tashkent aankomen gaan we even naar het station om een
treinkaartje naar Samarkand te regelen.

We overnachten in het Top Hostel 7,00 euro per nacht

Top Hostel 
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Treinkaartjes kopen naar Samarkand en verder

Tashkent, Samarkand, Bokhara...

Taking the train is the safe & comfortable way to travel between Tashkent, Samarkand, Bokhara & Khiva.  Here's a summary of the main trains:

Tashkent ► Samarkand, Bokhara, Urgench

Train number:

762

50

758 or 760

8 or 4

10

54

324 or 334

766

56

58

72 or 74

Days of running:

daily

Mon, Thur, Sat

daily

daily

daily

daily

Tue, Thur, Fri, Sun

daily

Mon, Wed, Thur, Sat

Tue, Fri, Sun

daily

Tashkent main station

depart

07:28

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08:00

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18:45

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Tashkent Yuzhnyy

depart

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08:55

09:13

14:22

17:55

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20:30

20:30

22:20

Samarkand

arr/dep

09:42

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10:16

11:58

12:29

18:23

21:59

20:53

00:19

00:19

02:07

Bokhara

arr/dep

11:19

12:24

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15:09

21:17

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22:34

03:49

03:49

06:19

Urganch

arr/dep

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17:12

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09:28

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10:07

10:07

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Khiva

arrive

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17:51

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10:52

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Urgench (also spelt Urganch) was the railhead for Khiva 35 km away, but in 2018 the railway was extended to a new station at Khiva.  The new Khiva station is only a 15 minute walk from the Itchan Khala at the heart of the city.

Train 9 & 10 Sharq, air-conditioned, runs daily, see the photos below.

Trains 3, 7, 49/50, 55/56, 57/58, 72, 74 & 661/662 have lux 2-berth sleepers & kupé 4-berth sleepers.  Some also have platskartny open-plan bunks.

Trains 757 to 766 = Afrosiyob = 250km/h high-speed air-conditioned Talgo 250 train, highly recommended, introduced 2012 & extended to/from Bokhara in 2016, with VIP class, Business class and Economy class plus a restaurant car.  See the Afrosiyob photos below.

Where two train numbers are shown, the number depends on the day of the week.

Bokhara, Urgench, Samarkand ► Tashkent
Train number:		765	50	56	58	761	757 or 759	9	661	3 or 7	323 or 334
Days of running:		daily	Tue, Fri, Sun	Mon, Wed, Thur, Sat	Tue, Fri, Sun	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	Mon, Tue, Thur, Sat
Khiva	depart	-	08:57	14:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Urganch	arr/dep	-	09:36	16:18	16:18	-	-	-	-	-	19:30
Bokhara 1	arr/dep	04:55	14:31	23:00	23:00	15:50	-	16:07	22:43	-	|
Samarkand	arr/dep	06:37	-	03:04	03:04	17:28	18:00	18:42	02:33	19:19	07:47
Tashkent Yuzhnyy	arrive	|	-	06:58	06:58	|	|	22:09	06:27	22:47	11:56
Tashkent main station	arrive	08:47	-	-	-	19:44	20:10	-	-	-	-

How to check current train times...

You can check times & days of running at the main Uzbek Railways website http://railway.uz (click en for English top right) or at their ticketing website e-ticket.railway.uz (change Ozbek'tili to English top right).  There are several other irregular trains on this route, I have only shown the main ones here.

How much does it cost? 

Tashkent - Samarkand by Afrosiyob high-speed train costs 95,000 som in Economy, 132,000 som in Business, 582,000 som in VIP.

Tashkent - Samarkand on train 9 or 10 Sharq costs 50,000 in 2nd class, 81,000 som in 1st class.

Tashkent - Bukhara by Afrosiyob high-speed train costs 163,000 som in Economy, 456,000 som in Business, 954,000 som in VIP.

Tashkent - Bukhara on train 9 or 10 Sharq costs 118,000 som in 1st class, 73,000 in 2nd class.

Tashkent - Bukhara on train 3, 7, 72, 74 costs 82,000 in platskartny, 124,000 in kupé 4-berth or 241,000 som in 2-berth lux.

£1 = approx 12,000 Som.  $1 = approx 9,300 Som

Fares can be checked at http://railway.uz or e-ticket.railway.uz.

How to buy tickets...

·         You can buy tickets online at the official Uzbekistan Railways website e-ticket.railway.uz.

 

Booking opens 30 days ahead.  You cannot book before booking opens.

Have Google Translate open to help with anything the English version doesn't translate into English.

Traveller Nigel Moores' advice:  "I booked all the trains directly on the Uzbekistan railways website.  The English version does the transliteration to Cyrillic without any problems except for a few exceptions such as Khiva for which I just used a cut & paste from Google Translate.  It only accepts payment by Visa and it does not yet produce e-tickets for many trains.  This is not a problem, you just click on a link on the confirmation page to print a voucher which you exchange for the tickets at the station.  In Tashkent, you need to check carefully whether the station for your train is the central station or South (Yuzhniy) as it's a 7 km taxi or bus ride between the two.  Tickets are printed in Cyrillic."

·         You can also buy tickets by contacting reliable agency www.advantour.com, or buy at the station, although trains gte fully-booked close to departure, especially the fast Afrosyob trains.