We are staying in a chalet at the Amirsoy Resort for the next few days. It is nice to get out of the city and despite being only 76 kilometers away from our house, it feels like a world away. The slopes opened yesterday so our timing is fortuitous. We arrived this afternoon and tried to rent equipment for tomorrow, but of course, they do not have a system for renting a day in advance. Same for the lift tickets. Uzbekistan is still developing a tourist culture and modernizing and that is the way it goes. We’ll go up tomorrow morning and go through the rental process. Hopefully there will not be a lot of people because the Western Christmas is not celebrated and it is a normal work day.
The resort is guarded by military and police, I am not sure why. I guess it might be close enough to the border? Anyway, they act like military or police, not resort security. I was walking my dog around the resort and was told twice that I was out of bounds, although there are no signs indicated this. I wanted to get a photo at sunset from the helicopter pad, but was not allowed to stand on the flat area.
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