Our welcoming commitee into Uzbekistan
Distance to Samarkand.
These Russians had exactly the same bike as us. Amazing!
Filthy conditions
Katherine on her way back to England from Melbourne. Travelling ultra light.
Dobin stew
Lots of cash with very little value (1000 som = 15p)
Trucks from all over Europe battling along the terrible road
Sharing lunch with some Turkish truck drivers from their mobile ‘canteen’
Workers in the field
Rereshing fruit soda (not beer)
Nukus Bazaar
Meeting the family
Dinner with Pamela
Not far to go for fresh milk in the morning
Roadside vodka stall
Moynaq, formerly on sea
Ship graveyard, Moynaq
Map showing the Aral Sea in it’s former glory
This is what’s left.
Driving across the sea bed
Testing the road ahead. Of course the car made it through easily.
Cliffs formed by the waves of the sea, when it was there
finally we see the sea
An evening float in the Aral Sea
That’s what the shovel was for
Starry, Starry night
Camping on the fomer shore of the Aral Sea
Desert wildlife
The finest rally driver in Uzbekistan
A floating bridge
Through and offs with the locals
Dog on the move
Leaving Karalpaqstan region
Preparing the dough
Cooking in the tajin
Fesh and tasty
Hand pump hair wash
Djuma Mosque
!00 year old LVIS shepherd’s coat
Finest quality Uzbek carpets. Could be a good addtition to the tent.
Kalta Minor Minaret
Kalta Minor Minaret
Huge city Walls of Ichan Kala, Khiva
Tajik pilgrims with traditional ‘monobrows’
Like a film set
Khiva from the top of a minaret
Moyrag and sprayer
Moyrag and family
Rickety bridge (we didn’t take the bike over this)
Looking over to Turmenistan
Chaihana stop
Nesting swallows in the roof of a Chaihana
Camel spider trying to hitch a ride
How does it work?
An unfortunate and large lizzard
Friendly desert beetle
Char Minor
Friday prayers
Samanid mausoleum (C9-10) – also saved from Ghengis Khan as it was burried under sand.
Evening swim
Chaihana Lady
Finally some hills emerged out of the flat desert
Mobile bread delivery. His back sat was full of loaves!
Moonlight (and headtorch) dinner with Kim and Pere
Everyone loves looking at our map
Korean Kim
The Registan
Gur-e Amir Mausoleum
Gur-e Amir Mausoleum
The Registan
Registan Ceiling
Registan Ceiling
The Registan
A local youth group turned up and started drumming away. We were tolkd it was an old fashioned version of a flash mob.
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
Meeting our first fellow tandem tourers, Alesandro and Stephanie from Italy
Bike and boats
He’s not padelling on the back
Cows grazing at the 500m mark
Manucher, Uzbek national team coach
Samarkand Rowinf Canal
Some of the Uzbek national squad. And me.
A critical audience
At the car wash
The only way is up
Stopping for a breather
The Uzbek version of the village people suffer from Dyslexia
View from the top
The only way is down
They love their mini vans
Shahrisabz
Curious shepherd
‘Aukuda?’
Is it a banana?
Turn right for Afganistan
Or left for Tajikistan
A 7.5 pence ice cream
They love big butts…
Big yellow wasp
English lessons
Dinner at the oil depot with Will
A feast was laid out for us
Saying goodbye to/being kicked out by the oil workers
Cherry picking
Horse hearding
Horse herding
