May peace, water, wealth & health come to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan & people... all over the world.

A mate of mine is called Stan. Stan Smith. I will be seeing him in the pub tonight. I was rather disappointed not to see him in this film.

@leleledjfocus22

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan Heath xD

@TheBlueTheMan

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan Heath Might have been filming American Dad. But great joke I have two friends called stan I call them uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

This Simon Reeve got a very good digestive system, even after eating and drinking so much local food like ice cream, camel milk, he does not seem to have develop any stomach or diarrhea problem.....

@nathanwilliams2152

Жыл бұрын

Agreed - I suffered the “Tajik trots” for the first few days I was in Tajikistan. Manageable, but left me feeling a little delicate 😂

That woman is so sweet. I admire her very much

I wish I could visit Samarkand and Bukhara! What beautiful cities.

@Felixxxxxxxxx

Жыл бұрын

Hope you managed to go there, I was there in 2019. Pretty cheap in the country and parts of the towns do look like the pictures you find online, while some parts of town probably look like you would picture Afghanistan.

Outstanding report. Thank you!

Thank you for uploading this wonderful documentary. You did a great job hosting it. (:

these videos are great. thank you.

Thank you very much for the video!

Great documentary. This is why I love BBC.

Great work Simon, amazing video got great information about this little known countries .

Apart from some of the sound issues this was a great program. It would be great if Simon could go and redo this region again as so much has change since he was last there and maybe do if Turkmenistan this time if possible.

There are so much to see and understand… thank you mr Simon for exploring and sharing to the world ..

man this program was the best

i was not expecting to see Yulduz - that was awesome! I love her music!

Thank you. Great video. You are smart and respectful. I wish you all the best.

That fortune teller's eyebrows are crazy huge.

@bradford_shaun_murray

3 жыл бұрын

7:45 what about this guy!?

Thanks for posting this. I'm guessing that when Simon was filming these, it wasn't possible for him to enter Turkmenistan?

Amazing program , really like your films!

very interesting, sadly no other documentaries of the great countries.

Love you Tajiki! UK sends it's love.

Great documentary ! It´s a pity that Turkmenistan misses here :-/

Simon reeve is the best travel journalist in the world. A remarkable Man.

The guide can be a good politicians. She speaks what is in her mind.

The mountains there sure are beautiful

awexome! totally awesome!

my right ear is feeling lonely... my left ear wants to hear the narrator too!! #stereoyougotitwrong

awesome videos!

That is the best ending to a documentary I have watched. An unknown group of dedicated Beatles fans actually get to play their dream. I was so happy to see this happen for them.

fantastic program. greetings from Ireland.

SAMARKAND AND BUKHARA TAJIKLANDS THANKS TO SIMON REEVE FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO,

@wearwolf5334

8 жыл бұрын

Qotagimi eninge tiq Auzinga Sikeyin kanjik

nice program, very interesting and amusing.

Watched both episodes of this documentary. Seems like Tajiks are very nice, simple, and open people. Perhaps also humbler than the rest of the Stan people .

Yeah I'd really like to go visit Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. . . one day.

that tajik driver i must say he is very funny and a nice old fella...may GOD bless him.... keep smiling

Well done on getting such an in depth access. Great documentary, albeit a tad bit dark.... Some signs of ignorance here and there but that's what cultivated controversy evident in the range of comments below. Great Work.

Does the Uzbek tour guide look like a younger version of the Kazak tour guide from episode 1 to anyone else?

@angelamalini6852

10 жыл бұрын

agree ! some connection somewhere !

2:04 thats my brother in the red shirt

I will travel to Uzbekistan soon.

@EvilGenius124

8 жыл бұрын

+CWTHenrik when you do, do not exchange the dollar for less than 4500 som per dollar. They will try to rip you off

nice shades simon

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yes i notice this too

Very interesting

It's horrible that I found this video after 15 years I trusted this bastard

Life is good everywhere :)

i wish these countries the best

All the Stans have almost the same culture. Beautiful countries and wonderful people. I really like the comment of the Tajik Police man "We are poor but not criminals."

Let's not forget when this programme was made. A lot of things have changed since then.

Thats why we have to all united with our lands, im Tajik from Samarkand.

Uzbekistan❤️

You can totally do. But you have to contact the tourist agencies there to get a formal allowance. It is considered as a strategic object, therefore secured.

Thats a good poınt. I would just love to go there, the nature, the mountaıns too just look so amazıng and untouched. They have real potentıal for eco tourısm there.

Thank you Simon Reeve and Will Daws for painting a chaotic and unfavorable image of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. I'm sure Uzbeks and Tajiks really appreciate all of the great "shock-factor" video journalism you produce about their countries.

@tweavj7456

10 жыл бұрын

What would you prefer? An idealistic falsity? I think there are plenty of nice things shown about the stan's in this series, it's made me want to visit them anyway, the people seem very warm.

this is a great documetary

@rohit84up35

10 жыл бұрын

I actually didnt get to enjoy this video simply because of two reasons: 1. western journalist thinks the world owes it to them and all they do is to make other cultures and countries look horrible. 2. People in other countries give western journalists importance. Can you imagine any of the journalists from "stans" would be given importance if they were to go to the US or UK?

@hoopaj00

10 жыл бұрын

Rohit84up borat was from Uzbekistan

@GreenHornet553

10 жыл бұрын

hoopaj00 Borat is from Kazakhstan, not Uzbekistan.

@shunaadushana5367

10 жыл бұрын

GreenHornet553 he's from the UK... Which says a lot about the UK...

@GreenHornet553

10 жыл бұрын

I know the actor Sacha Baron Cohen is from the UK. I'm pointing out that the character he plays in Borat is from Kazakhstan, and not from Uzbekistan.

nice...

i want to visit Samarkhand

45:43 - YES rep my town Huddersfield

@NOISEDEPT

7 жыл бұрын

Nice one, Huddersfield. Flying the flag for the West Riding.

The ones who says I'm uzbek or tajik do not have to forget that just Islam (religion) can help them to live in a justice life>>>

Most of the people of Uzbekistan are Persian, but we didn't hear their voice in your report. Anyway, all in all, it was great. Thank you.

@sherlock.holmes.

3 жыл бұрын

No

Tajıkstan looks lıke ıt has amazıng landscapes. That lake was just absolutely breath takıng. I wonder ıf tourısts would be allowed to swım there. It looks lıke a place I would really enjoy for a nature exploratıon holıday.

@nathanwilliams2152

Жыл бұрын

It is amazing. I went there in Nov/Dec 2021. That lake is the result of the Nurek dam, the largest in Tajikistan. Beautiful place, with a nice market nearby too. The mountains on the Afghan border are fantastic. I had to stop at Wanj, because going further east meant potentially coming across political violence. It was the weirdest day I’ve experienced being on my travels. Dushanbe, Kulob, Khujand, and the Zerafshan range are all worth visiting. I just regret not being able to see Khorog, Karakul and Iskanderkul 😢

as quoted from wikipedia: -stan, a Persian suffix meaning "home of", "place of" for example tajikistan would mean home of tajiks and so on

Акмал

YEs its fine

One question comes up for me after watching this, if all these countries are predominately Muslim (80 percent or more) why is drinking vodka and other alcohol so prevalent?

@garang15

9 жыл бұрын

yes you are right but there are some people who drinks but it does not mean that every body there are drinks Vodka.

@haleymadimckenzie

9 жыл бұрын

Secularism. These countries were all under the Soviet Union and islam was suppressed so people drank and didn't really follow doctrine of there religion

@37:48 OMG, she has a eye brow mustache!!!!!

I wanna visit all stan countries :)

they have better music in the charts than we do...

im from india and i would love to visit these countries as soon as i finish college... i hope so :)

i read a statistic that many of the citizens in uzbekistan and tajikstan have a lot of perian in them going back over the centuries. i guess many still hold onto many old persian cultural traditions.

This is more of a political documentary, rather than a cultural one ( what I hoped for).

I read that according to the BBC, Simon Reeve and co. tried applying for entry into Turkmenistan more than a couple times, and were refused every time.

In 2003, so it's pretty old. A lot of things have changed since then.

10:39 this part I found very interesting. Billiards 🎱 becoming illegal

47:00... that's too cruel...

shes`gorgeous woman .

depends on the county. Turk white Persian and Mongolian mostly.

Newcastle ad? Tastes like open ass here in the states. eh. Best journalist I've seen. Cheers !!!

1:13:00 - is he talking about The Wall from Game of Thrones

I was in this region in 2019, and visited Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Uzbekistan has since changed its leader. They still have a police presence in a way that I have never seen anywhere else, but they are definitely becoming more democratic. Kyrgyzstan is definitely poorer than the other 2 and their locals are always happy to try to strike up a conversation, even though very few speak English. Kazhakstan has since I was there changed leader, and it felt a bit authoritarian, in certain ways more and in certain ways less than Uzbekistan. I hope to revisit Kyrgystan in the future and also hope to visit Tadjikistan and maybe Turkmenistan.

51:38 Tajik folklorical music

23:00 it kind of sounds like chalga/чалга

I think u guys love each other O.o

Uzbekistan is by far the most populous and urban nation among the the 5 ex-soviet central asian stans.

@elchasai

8 жыл бұрын

***** Ok Borat thanks for the update

@42 mins came across god knows how many keys (kilos) of pure black tar opium in northern afghanistan headed for tajikistan from helmand province. We came across that much of it we didn't have anywhere to store it in our (FOB) Forward operating base that we had to burn it soon as we raided compounds. Just a pitty it wasn't cocaine cause we would have had one hell of a party :)

@kilayas5022

8 жыл бұрын

lol I did :) I really really loved astan that was the shit

Those watching here just want to know more about the regions.

0:29:28 - the product is named BARF...

:( Uzbekistan and Uzbek deserve more than this. I hope democracy soon come to this country. I become sad when see this talented people live in poverty and want to leave their homeland. Condition of Iran is the same too unfortunately. I as a Iranian like people of central Asia because we have had long history together. God bless u sisters and brothers.

24:07 Lol the new Hendrix

@bradford_shaun_murray

3 жыл бұрын

7:27 the new Wham

36:00 Very surprising that the boy could speak some English. You'd think that in a country that remote and far from the west that he'd know Russian or Chinese, and heck maybe he does, but certainly not English. These countries have always fascinated me since I was a boy and I used to imagine traveling through them being in this sort of "hidden other world". They all have such an interesting dichotomy in them; there are white people, asians, and middle easterners (I assume that latter at least) living together believing in Islam but yet there is clearly a strong divide here between this and a stereotypical middle eastern country with strict Muslim laws. You've got an odd mix of races, some dressed very traditional others very western, living together in what I believe most of the world would consider the middle of nowhere, with strong pulls between Islamic, Russian, and Western influence. Yet for the most part things seem so laid back and I often feel while watching this like they are in the 80s or 90s with their technology and style. All around such beautiful and presumably mostly untouched land, simply fascinating. I'm really grateful for this documentary!

@StarlogTrade

8 жыл бұрын

+Chazz Drawer6 The boy could speak English because Samarkand and Bukhara are touristic cities. Lots of people in those cities can speak English because it is the way of living. Besides, most uzbeks are well-educated like me.

@ismailvilehand1

8 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from someone from the region. Thanks!

the correct aspect ratio for this video is 2.21:1 :)

they really could block out the audio if they are gonna traslate it, i cant really hear any translations

Nothing better than some ice cream while dealing with the secret police :)

at 36:50 she is using the poetry of hafez , not quran . poetry of hafez is read in the entire persian speaking world ( i.e. iran , tajikstan , afghanistan)

Clearly, thanks for the answer, you did the right thing, if you visit this region, all the peoples of the region are ethnic, racial mixture, who came Turkic and Mongolian population, and local, indigenous Indo-European population, mixed appearance, more pronounced among the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Turkmen , for the Western man, not versed in anthropology, Kyrgyz and Kazakhs can seem "like Mongolians and Chinese," however, and the two nations, a mixture of Caucasoid and Mongoloid, but the dominance

me thinks a purdy gud doc, da audio cud hav ben better when he was talkin, me gives 8 outta 10

28:30 I have watched this series several times and really enjoyed it (in this episode with difficulty due to abominable sound mixing), but I can't find where this Kazakh enclave within Uzbekistan is located on any map. Based on my understanding of the Uzbek position of unilateral land seizures from its neighbours, I imagine its shown as a salient according to the soviet borders used on common maps, but has been cut off by Uzbek border guards. Either that or the maps themselves which come up as a result of English language searches are not relevant to this dispute, which is probably the case as much of the former Soviet Union is still relatively impenetrable without the ability to speak and read Russian, which made my masters dissertation about 50 times harder to write than it otherwise would have been! (which is my own stupid fault, not a dig at the Russkiy Mir) Can anyone help me with this?

@Mansch007

5 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that he's not referring to a 'real' exclave but to either an ethnic enclave within Uzbekistan's borders close to the Kazakh border or to some place in the Maktaaral District where the quickest road cuts through Kazakh territory (or did back then).

I miss soviet times, when everyone was happy and all people were polite and nice.

That Tajik music 🤔 what can I say

Say what you want, but I didnt know a single thing about any of these places so at least it was informative. I can go back to not caring now.

What's happened to the aspect ratio of this video? It's something like 2.35:1 due to clipping of the video from both top and bottom and of course everything looks squeezed on the standard 16:9 KZread frame?