Uzbekistan

Uzbek Bank Robbers (R)

Seriously, Uzbekistan would be the worst country in the world to rob banks.

 

The US dollars and Uzbek som pictured here are cash equivalents:

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$600 = 1,680,000 Som. Ridiculous, no? And its all stuffed underneath the camera in my daypack like some sort of bizarre smuggler-tourist hybrid.

If $600 comes out to 1.68 million Som, and the largest bill is 1000 Som, can you imagine how many donkey carts it would take to haul away a true fortune from the bank’s vault?

(And why isn’t that an SAT question?)

Anyways, I’m back in Uzbekistan. Give me some time to sort through photos and you’ll soon see plenty of action from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as I wind my way overland through Central Asia!

4 Comments

  1. It’s even better to be a millonnaire in Vietnam –> with 600$ : it’s approx. 12.500.000 Dong !! But it’s true that there is bigger notes there. I guess it’s because Vietnamese are better dealers that Usbek ones !

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