Samarkand Warnings Or Dangers Tips by Trekki Top 5 Page for this destination

Don’t stumble – you might end in hospital

A lot of Central Asia’s cities (well, also others around the world) do have channels to transport water, either as water channels or for draining.
Samarkand has several ones, which seem(ed) to serve for draining, but given the dry climate, they might not be filled with water very often. Plants grow in them, sometimes they are used as garbage places (but more by the tourists than by the locals – I found Uzbekistan cities very much clean, cleaner than a lot of cities in Germany).
These water channels are not marked as such. So while you are wandering through town and maybe daydreaming, you might easily stumble into one.
Well, also after a bit too much beer, they are still there…..

Do NOT send postcards from here !!!!!

As I consider this both, tourist trap and warning, I’ll double it. Please be fair to the system and if, only rate it once (either here or there – thanks).

In our www world, I still love to send postcards from special travels to people dear to me, thus also from Uzbekistan.
First, it was a bit tricky to find the post office (I was given several different locations), then I found it in Tashkent street (the pedestrian one between Registan and bazaar). With the help of a map, the girl even managed to understand my destinations, written in English, and I even saw how she put stamps on the cards………. but none ever arrived (correct me dear friends if one actually found its way to Sweden, Scotland, Germany, NZ or Australia).

If you still want to send postcards – don’t even think to do it from Samarkand !!!! However, I cannot give a recommendation about which city actually sends cards; Tashkent maybe.

Options:
If you still want to send postcards to overseas’ friends, better buy cards and send them from home. If you want to send cards to nearby friends and family, better get them a nice souvenir.