As it worked out though, we got our chance a few years later, in 2019, to visit Uzbekistan after we had just spent two months in India. We found fairly cheap flights from Amritsar, India, to the capital city of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.
Let us tell you that after spending a few months in India, landing in Tashkent and being met by our couchsurfing host at the airport, it was quite a change in culture, language and infrastructure.