Shopping Plans: Shops and Shopping Lokal bazaar Shopping in Andijan

Transport
Andijan airport, ten kilometres from the Hotel Oltin Vody, launches four weekly flights to Tashkent, plus weekly departures for Bukhara and Urgench (tickets sold at airport). Two trains per week head for Tashkent, but share taxis are far quicker. To Namangan (1 hour) share taxis from Andijan cost around US$2 per person. Andijan's main bus station, close to the train station on Amir Timur St, has no services to Tashkent, but connections throughout the valley. Shared taxis to Tashkent run from the bus station and near Pushkin Park.

On Sundays and Thursdays, the always interesting Andijan bazaar bursts its banks and floods the surrounding streets in a deluge of haggling, repartee and insults. Trucks deposit mountains of melons into the epicentre while fringes are devoted to pigeon fanciers, carpenters, blacksmiths, brush sellers, knife makers and skullcap embroiderers. Whatever you could want, be assured that somewhere it is for sale. Invest in a melon and a knife, settle down with a pot of green tea and enjoy the show