...continued

 We touch down in Turkey 2 hrs later than expected for me it just shortened my layover, England had got through to the Euro cup final...most people were happy.

After clearing security I had already checked and funnily enough my next flight was from a different terminal.  I asked a few people how to get to terminal 1, was there a bus or a shuttle? Nope you have to take a taxi!! A taxi seriously..now we know I don't like taking taxis unless it is really necessary! Can I walk I asked a couple of different people.  You could tell by their facial expressions that is is not a frequently asked question especially at 2am by a single female traveller!  The answer was however yes it is possible, it will be 30 mins.  I have time on my hands, did a quick Google map check and off I trotted.  There was a nice early morning breeze and actually a pleasant walk.

When I arrived at the terminal to my delight my connecting flight was on the departures board, and at present time on time.  I did a little leap for joy it had to be said! 

As I had around 8hrs to kill I went and found myself a row of 3 chairs and settled in for the night.  It was a busy airport lots of comings and goings and lots of people like me catching some zzzs before their flight.

I managed to get some decent sleep after finding a comfortable position making sure all my belongings were covered by one part of my body! 

I grabbed myself some breakfast and a roll for lunch ( as if all went to plan I wouldn't arrive in Tashkent until 19.30) and headed for check-in.  I can't remember the last time I actually queued at a check in desk.  Boarding pass obtained, security passed and not a long wait until we received gate information.  A little while longer and we were all boarded and ready for take off.  The plane was one of those long haul big planes even though the flight was only 4hrs.  There was a small screen.  Very excited, ready to watch a movie only to find that I had lost my headphones 😔! 

As we took off it wasn't long until the cabin crew passed by with headphones 😊 and drinks.  I decided to watch Soul...can highly recommend it.  An animation.  We were also served food which was a surprise, unfortunately I hadn't informed them I was a vegetarian (because I didn't know I had too) so my options were limited but what I had was good 😊 

4hrs passed by quickly, even managed a little nap!! 

After leaving home at 4am on Wednesday July 10th I finally arrived in Uzbekistan at 19.30 on Thursday July 11th!!

Security passed, visa on arrival.  Welcome to Uzbekistan!!!!!🫶

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A fish out of water

 So as most people will know I spend most of my time in or near water but this summer I have decided to embark on an adventure to a land locked country!  The idea of traveling to Uzbekistan was first put into my head by one of my students.  She was following some Instagram accounts about the country that looked absolutely incredible.  I started to follow these same pages and kept looking and kept liking.  I ummed and arred for ages and then unfortunately we lost one of the members of our swimming family, she was young like me and had everything to live for.  The day of her funeral I went and paid my respects and that very next day booked the trip. I found flights from London which happened to tie in with my trip back 'home'.  After 10days in the UK, 2 weddings , 3 camping trips and some new ink I was ready for my adventure.  I did some last minute shopping then was ready to board the 4am national express to Luton.  Very early for a 13h flight...
Read more

Tashkent

 As I arrived I grabbed a cheap SIM card..8$ for 50gb for a month.  My initial plan was to only connect through hostels but my brother bless his little cotton socks decided to go and get pneumonia and get himself admitted into hospital so I thought it was best to stay connected! (Love you bro!)  I was also told it was not possible to catch the airport bus into town, on asking in the terminal sure  no problem and you can tap on with your credit card no problem.  The cost 0.13€ ..oh ok then.  The driver kindly notified me when my stop was coming up and with the help of Google maps I made it to the hostel.   The jury is still out on the hostel, the first guy that checked me in really was having a very bad day! I was shown to the dorm, it was very clean, had lockers and air conditioning.  I had to ask where the toilet and showers were.  I found out the next there was a communal area! I grabbed a shower and was recommended a local cafe for so...
Read more