Addendum to our metro trip.

During our formal tour of Tashkent we described our experience walking to the metro. We described how the streets were closed to traffic and that there were police standing at a vigilant parade rest every 20 yards or so. Our tour guide asked what time this was and, when we told her, said that every week day at that time and every weekday evening the streets are closed so the president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karamov, can drive to and from his working office. Then Alisher, our driver, added an advisory against using our cameras at that time.