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Fruit looks great. Just picked from the countryside.

The lady to the in pink is preparing Plov. Plov is a rice dish that is cooked in a broth. Depending on its origin, rice pilaf can be accompanied with meat, fish, vegetables, dried fruits or nuts. This method of cooking rice is widespread across the globe. I also say it prepared with horse meat.

Cooked intestines are very popular in the Central Stans

To the left in the photo is another version of Plov prepared to go.

Bitter cheese balls are very popular too.

This market has a little of everything

Shoe market

You can find everything here.

Tashkent metropoliteni, the underground metro, is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was the seventh metro to be built in the former USSR, opening in 1977, and was the first subway system in Central Asia.

Train coming into the station we were going to get on it

Our group taking a ride on a Sunday afternoon. The stations were very clean.

Decoration on the wall inside the station of the first Russian Astronaut to go into space.

Former Russian built apartment buildings several blocks long. If there are 5 floor or more they will have an elevator. Less than 5 floor they have stairs only.

Outdoor seating area of a huge restaurant called Besh Qozon.

Besh Qozon is not only a restaurant, it is an attraction, a MUST to visit ! Rarely will you see a kitchen this size, massive cooking vessels, ovens and open fires. And you're allowed to wander freely and close-up

Massive containers to prepare the Plov. The meat is then added at another station.

Every day, Uzbek bakers hand-roll and stamp thousands of loaves of bread. Shaped like wheels, these loaves are dense and chewy, with a golden crust and an airy crumb. They're often eaten in groups and shared around the dinner table. While you can find countless varieties of these breads across Uzbekistan, the most legendary loaves are baked in the city of Samarkand which we will visit in a few days. Here, bread is sacred and made with the utmost care.

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