Osh lies very close to the border crossing point. Frequet minibuses will take you for just 4 som. Formalities on the Kyrgystan side are very simple. On the Uzbekistan side is not
so straight: first you must count all your money, then fill two customs declarations. They will stamp them and you will take one with you… The surprise: on the Uzbekistan side there is no single exchage point (there were a lot of them in Kirgistan) so you cannot change your dollars – buy some UZ sums in Kirgistan to pay for the share taxi to the nearest bank in Andijan! It cost 1000 sum pp…
Share taxi from Andijan to Tashkent will cost you around 15000. It was much cheaper before but the prices rised because the shortage of the fuel. It ia hard to believe but I saw long lines at all petrol stations waiting for the petrol supply…
OK. Nex surprise: on the 400-km road from the border they checked 9 (nine) times my passport. In Adijan policeman kept my passport for 20 minutes waiting for his boss to come and to decide what to do with me… Picturesque mountains on the route. I reached Tashkent at evening… Welcome to the new country!
