Autumn has definitely arrived in Uzbekistan with temperatures in the 50s and overcast days. In a dry, sunny climate, these cool, cloudy days are refreshing. I was inspired to go for a 10-kilometer run along the Ankhor Canal yesterday. The Ankhor Canal’s water comes from the Chirchiq River and city officials improved the promenades along the canal in 2014 near the Minor Mosque. The older part of the canal goes by Pakhtakor Stadium and is my favorite place in Tashkent. I love looking at the Doma Specialistov, the apartments were built in the Stalin era for specialists and intelligentsia. The canal runs 23.5 kilometers through the city and ends in the lake at Milly Bog National Park. The canal was built in the mid-1800s and divided Old Town, or the original part of Tashkent, from the new, European-style city constructed by the Russians.
My uncle Jack arrived in the morning. It was a cold wait as airports in Central Asia make families to wait outside the terminal. Officials built an indoor waiting area but it looked a bit too crowded and full of people coughing for me to go in. Many Uzbeks wear robes instead of jackets in winter. An exotic look!
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