We stopped at a handmade silk factory before leaving town. It was quite interesting and the prices were exceptional. However since I haven't been able to access my cash, no one gets a nice silk scarf. :-( , the purple ones were really pretty!
We headed for the Kyrgyzstan border excited to be leaving Uzbek and entering a new land. Before crossing and maybe standing in line for several hours, we stopped for a quick lunch of dolma and lagman. This was also a great way to get rid of the few soms left. Any cash leftover from lunch was put into a mutual kitty and we purchased a few bottles of vodka for the campfire tonight! Can't take the money across the border and its no good outside of Uzbekistan.
Update: When everyone was done filling the hat with their left over soms we had enough for eight bottles vodka ($2.80 eac) and 20+ liter bottles of beer ($1.20 each). The campfire will be raging well over the next seven days.
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