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[merchimerch]

I just had the funniest cab driver ever. As I was riding along in his cab, making small talk with him in Uzbek, he looks at me and says - "in my opinion you are an American." I say that yes, I'm an American, and he goes on to say that "Americans are very interested in Uzbekistan and they speak Uzbek very well."

I really have to wonder who else he's run into or talked to or if he saw one of us give an interview on TV or what.

The ride home was lovely too - the snowy mountains outside Tashkent are visible today and it is breathtaking.