Uzbekistan - April 15

	April 15 That morning everyone gathered in front of the hotel in Ferghana to pray Salat al-tahajjud followed by Salat al-Subh for the last time with Mawlana Shakykh Nazim.
	Many of the hotel staff members gathered around the departing Shaykh, requesting baya`, as they had seen performed so many times.
	The group gathers for a farewell group portrait at the Ferghana Airport.
	...and after the 45-minute ride, including delicious snack and drink, deplane in Tashkent.
	After a brief "pitstop" at the Hotel Uzbekistan, most of the tourists head for the main bazaar, eager to purchase gifts for loved ones waiting eagerly back home. Stalls of all kinds of goods cram the vast market area.

	Bargains are to be had everywhere, as Uzbek prices are extraordinary. Here Mateen Siddiqui tries on a pair of knee-high, fur-lined leather khuffs on which mash (wiping) can be done to avoid washing feet for prayer ablutions in winter. Nurjan Mirahmadi and Ahsan Salman discuss clothes with a bazaar vendor.
	Omar Kabbani haggles with a vendor, while American Muslim tourists busy themselves in the fancy jubba store. Late that night, around 12 am of the 16th, everyone boarded the busses for the last time traveling to the Tashkent Airport for the 3 am flight to Istanbul, and from there to their homes. Meanwhile, the ISCA delegation, accompanying Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham, stayed overnight, preparing to travel the next day to Malaysia and further spiritual adventures
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