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UnaMilanese

VeteranMilano · 1,535 posts

2025-01-31

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Good evening! 🙂

The departure date is approaching, and I’m side-eyeing my suitcase... well... uh... It’s true I’m allowed 30 + 8 kg, but if I can pack much lighter, that wouldn’t bother me. So, to eliminate a few "uhs":

1. It’s going to be quite chilly outside, especially in the mornings—I know that—but what about indoors? Do Uzbek hotels tend to be overheated? (More than 21/22°C?)

2. Is this country like Turkey, where you find foam slippers in the room’s linen kit?

3. Are dry cleaners or laundromats common?

Possibly more to come later.

Cat

By this, and this only, we have existed. Which is not to be found in our obituaries. (T.S. Eliot)

CH Chalembert Regular ·2025-02-01

Hey, Unless you're moving to Uzbekistan, I don’t see how you could need nearly 40 kg of luggage 😉 Just pack some underwear and a change of clothes—don’t forget you’ll already be wearing some. Bring long sleeves and something waterproof/windproof, and you’re good to go. For reference, when I travel with my tent, sleeping bag, and cooking gear, my bag weighs around 10–12 kg total, no more.

Tatra Globetrotter ·2025-02-01

Hi Catherine...

Yes, hotels tend to be very warm. Slippers depend on whether the hotel has a spa or sauna, but they’re pretty common. That said, it might be less common where you’re thinking of going—places frequented by European tourists. Never seen a laundromat, but every hotel offers laundry service.

Michel

UnaMilanese Veteran ·2025-02-01

Hi and thanks for the reply! I’m really hoping to stay under 20 kg of luggage! Without having to do laundry in sinks and with my little evening foot-comfort routine (no need for slippers in a tent! 😛) Cat

By this, and this only, we have existed. Which is not to be found in our obituaries. (T.S. Eliot)

UnaMilanese Veteran ·2025-02-01

Hi,

Laundry service at all hotels, even if it's not specified on their Booking page? Because it's explicitly mentioned for the Uzbekistan Hotel in Tashkent (though it won't be useful for me since it's at the very end of my trip), and for the other three charming guest houses or boutique hotels that are perfect for tourists 😎, nothing is said about it.

Cat

P.S.: And yes, these are the highways of tourism. Anyway, since I'm traveling by plane, there's no other way. The trip here would be Milan-Baku, or Kars, which I can reach by plane because I'm perfectly capable of reconstructing what I fly over—I've walked, driven, and sailed there. Kars station, then Baku by train (is that Kars-Caspian line finally working?), then an uncertain ferry, and well, we'll see once I get to Aktau. But I'm despairing of being able to grasp this crappy eastern edge of Europe, which I'm currently jumping over, the way I want to. Might open a thread for reflection: "Long live the second home."

By this, and this only, we have existed. Which is not to be found in our obituaries. (T.S. Eliot)

Tatra Globetrotter ·2025-02-01

The more it's a guest house or a boutique hotel, the less likely you'll easily get this service. The typical customer in a hotel in Uzbekistan is a Chinese business traveler; there are loads of Chinese people in Uzbekistan, and things are often tailored for them, including, for example, breakfasts. And for them, there are slippers and laundry services.

Michel

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