Hi Tom, We are in our mid-60s and travel independently to places that often aren't on the tourist trail. Six months ago we decided to combine an independent dip into India and Kazahkstan with an Advantour tour of Uzbekistan, in part because of the constant difficulty having our Visa card and Mastercard accepted online in Central Asia from Australia. Advantour were simply fantastic, can't recommend them highly enough. Flexible, great accommodation, good guides and not a single hassle. Central Asia is really worth seeing from a cultural and historical perspective. We started/finished in New Delhi, a short flight from there to the Stans. Suddenly not so easy when flights are cancelled as Pakistan launches missiles at an India fighter jet. Seems that flights are often cancelled India-Stans because of tensions - beware. Almaty in Kazakhstan is exceptionally beautiful. Stay at the 26 story brutalist concrete monument with the huge kitsch golden crown on top - the 1970s Kazakhstan Hotel, built to showcase Communist architecture and cultural achievement to the Western world. Almost unchanged and well maintained since built, and friendly staff. Not expensive. Catch the local bus up to the old Olympic skating rink, then up and up into the steep mountains in the series of cable cars to the Shymbalek ski fields. WOW! Do the walking tour with American Dennis Keen of Walking Almaty, he fell in love with the place and married a local. Knows the history of this amazing Stalinist 1920s built city, designed around a grand opera house. Fountains everywhere, statues, treelined walking streets, communist era apartments, lots of cafes and coffee shops with local food. In Uzbekistan we did Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva tour (Advantour) . Brilliant, historic and often breathtaking. I'd do it all again! We stayed at the Gloria Hotel in Tashkent for three days before the tour and six days afterwards, and explored Tashkent every day on foot (and ultracheap underground metro). We booked the Gloria ourselves and they upgraded us to a massive suite at no charge - opulent Russian, lots of heavy black wood and velvet. Hardly any English but we managed fine. Highlight of Tashkent is the underground with it's amazing stations. Some resemble ballrooms complete with massive chandeliers, others are Art Deco, or 80s cosmonaut spaceship. All designed to bring culture to the Communist workers on their way to the factory. Police everywhere, as in everywhere, but the days of shaking down the few visiting tourists for US dollars are gone. All super polite and they saluted us wherever we went, we must have stood out as visitors. Unusual: shortage of small change. Lollies instead of change at supermarkets. Shortage of bank notes. Many ATMs are empty even at the banks, keep trying. Mastercard isn't accepted anywhere, even when they say it is. Visa is usually fine. US dollars in cash is acceptable or the scarce Uzbek Sum, not much else. Food is fabulous, especially cakes and pastries. Horsemeat is on the menu, as is the unusual national dish of Plov. Nearly every car is a locally produced small white Chevy (but not related to GM anymore). Find the hidden govt auto museum (right in a govt office block) with never used Communist era cars, and a fleet of small white Chevy's personally signed on the hood by the President - he signs every 100,000th car off the production line and off to the museum they go! Tremendously fascinating country, definitely see Uzbekistan before it gains a profile as a tourist destination.

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I went in early September - warm & comfortable during the day & cool at night. It’s good time if you want to do some hiking. It’s the fruits season too - sweetest, juiciest local fruits like melons, peaches, plums, grapes, etc, I have ever tasted! December is cold like our North American temperatures!

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You can speak to the tour operator on SKYPE and What's Ap.They are more than helpful.

Scusa il ritardo. Io ho fatto tutto per mail in inglese. Dubito che abbiano qualcuno nello staff che parla italiano.

Weather sites say it rained only two days in March 2019

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Equally confused. I would contact Advantour directly.