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Favorite thing: As I am the only one who wrote about Ferghana, I am just adding the stuff I would put under the various categories here.

Packing list & Shopping:
Ferghana has a small department store and a big bazaar - so if you run out of supplies, you can get almost everything here. Ok, most likely not camera chips, but batteries.
You should bring however sunscreen, it gets quite hot.
And a Russian phrasebook to translate.

Nightlife:
There are some places east of the bazaar region, where you could go out dancing in the evening. These have been simple outdoor restaurants with a separate dance floor and the typical "disco illumination". Songs of all kind, Uzbek, Russian and "western".

Sport:
there is a nice swimming pool ground in the southwest part of the town. I always saw it when passing by on the way to the hotel. It is a kind of Aqua Park with slides for kids. But I was never in there, as I was too much afraid to get a heat shock when hopping in cold water while it is bloody hot outside.