got soums?

How did I spend my Memorial day you ask? I spent it driving around Tashkent trying to exchange dollars for Uzbek soums. I went to no fewer than 10 different exchange offices and banks (I lost count somewhere along the way). No soums anywhere. I did have one guy approach me on the street and offer to exchange money for some ridiculously low rate. For some reason no one has soums in Tashkent. Everyone I talk to is having trouble finding places to exchange money. I have yet to hear of anyone who has been successful in the past two days. Now not only is there nothing worth buying here, there is no way to buy it.


an endangered species - the 200 soum note