Kristin FagerbackInternational Travel Consultancy

Storytime from a hotel room in Tashkent 🇺🇿

31 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this vlog, the speaker greets viewers from a hotel room in the modern part of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She notes that her hotel includes breakfast, which she appreciates. She describes the city as a blend of modern and historic, emphasizing its safety—especially for women walking at night—and the low cost of public transport, groceries, and taxis compared to Western countries. She suggests that a Western salary would allow a digital nomad to live comfortably in Tashkent. The segment ends with her planning to pack and travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan later that day.

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So good morning from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and I just woke up in this beautiful hotel room here in Tashkent. I'm staying in, uh, the more, uh, modern new side of the city. Um, so yeah, if you have questions where, you can ask me. Um, the cost of my hotel includes breakfast, so I'm super happy. I love when I book a hotel That has breakfast included. So yeah, I guess we'll go check it out after this, and then I'm gonna go to Almaty, Kazakhstan today. So I have to pack and prepare my bag and everything. But yeah, overall Tashkent is a great city. It's a mix of modern and old, and it's super safe. It's safer than the United States. Like you know, women can walk at midnight with no problem here. And yeah, I just. I love that. And, um, the price of like public transportation and groceries and taxis, it's just so much cheaper, um, here than the West. So, um, anyways, yeah, if you make like a Western salary as a digital nomad or so on, you could, um, easily be comfortable here.