My answer is a bit off-topic: The roads to Tashkent are terrible, and you'll get very tired sitting in traffic jams. A taxi from Samarkand to Tas...

I was planning to hitch a ride—cars do pass along the road—but I managed to intrigue my driver ))There’s no public transport.

Stay overnight in Navoi—there’s a pilgrimage site here, the Kasim Sheikh complex. It includes a 16th-century mosque, a lodge for pilgrims, and two ope...

120,000 soum for a Yandex Comfort ride, but I always add a bit extra—when they realize it’s a one- or two-hour drive, they tend to get a bit gloomy be...

No, from Navoi.