I took Uzbekistan's longest sleeper train, and it was STRANGE!

The dust coming out of that pillow ...😵‍💫

Yes please. Love to see the regional Talgo

I loved how the dust flew out of the pillow when you smacked it! I guess the attendant wasn’t cleaning while you waited!

Once again: Thank you for a great video! I'm 64, but if I was your age, you'd inspire me to do what you're doing. 🙂 Take care! cheers, Per, Denmark

You aren't allowed to fiilm the Qamchiq Tunnel for the same reason you can't film The Chorvoq Dam: It's really important strategic infrastructure and they are terrified of terror attacks. The tunnel is one of the only means of connecting the Fergana valley (which produces most of the countries food) to the rest of the country. The Dam also has really high security because if it had a hole put in it Tashkent would be flooded in 10 minutes.

The station facades have nice consistent looks, I like that bit of apparent solid masonry framing the glass panels, leaves a better impression than simple concrete glass and metal "international style" boxes

I rode Uzbek trains from Khiva all the way back to Tashkent on 3 different days last year. It was an amazing experience! I will never forget the views over the desert as the sun started to set, seeing no signs of civilization from the window in any direction. The train was packed to the brim and some locals sang beautifully and played the guitar. The only thing I regret was taking an upper bed in the cheapest class: I thought I was about to pass out from the heat before the train finally started moving and I could breathe some fresh air.

I was pretty surprised on how good the tracks seemed to be maintained (espacially comparing to other centrail eastern countrys)

I had 2 trips on the Afrosiyob in April 2024 from Bukhara to Samarkand and from Samarkand to Tashkent. The train is nice with lots of legroom even in economy class and an overall comfortable experience.

World is so big and diverse. May all countries get the prosperity for a better quality of life :)

Very nice pronouciation of Zhuzhou! 9/10 from a Chinese!

I had a trip to Uzbekistan in 2012 so things may have changed, but we took the Talgo from Samarkand to Tashkent which was splendid, peculiarly like a European train although the landscape through the windows was very foreign - a shepherd on horseback looking after a flock, for instance. We also went from Tashkent to Ferghana and back by road, saw much of your desert landscapes on desert/mountain roads, and often overlooked the timur yol (iron road) as we drove along. I was very struck by the amount of commercial traffic, trucks going one way with Belgian plates, the other way with Chinese plates. It's a truly strange part of the world for us western Europeans. Thanks for the video!

This video deserves more views ❤

was surprised to see that the man in front of you at the ticket check was carrying a Hema bag. Hema is a Dutch retail chain.

missed your commentary about trains man. I always look forward to your videos

Been to Uzbekistan. Went to Tashkent, Buhara, Samarkand, and Xiva. Really enjoyed it. Love the video.

I am at abou 14 minutes in now and these stations look all incredible. absolutely clean with layouts like in a video game. almost surreal

I would love to see a review of the Uzbek Talgo and I think @Noel Philips would like to do this trip across Uzbekistan

I'm reminded of my trip in an Uzbek sleeping-car on the Turksib from Barnaul to Almaty in 2008. The airconditioning was broken or nonexistent and the compartment window could not be opened. Absolutely brutal. And the attendant sometimes collected trash and threw it out of the only window that could be opened (corridor side). I see they have more recent trains like the Talgo but the old ones still exist. Shouldn't travel there in the summer then. I hear the winter can be as cold as the summer is hot. By the way I notice in this video that most of the station buildings look quite new, so it seems they do invest in the railways. And maybe at some point will have new night trains as well.

Old soviet trains same as ours, except these look mint. The Uzbekistanis love their trains I guess.