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In Search of the Aral Sea – From Khiva to Moynaq, Uzbekistan

Posted on Dec 07, 2013
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Rather than retrace the direct route to the main road via Urgench, cycled along the smaller roads for a short cut towards Nukus. Riding through small towns and farmland. Uninspiring.…

Khiva

Photos of Khiva

Posted on Nov 29, 2013Nov 25, 2013
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I pushed on towards Khiva, rather than camp – it would have been the crap kind of camping. Where you have to hide and make no noise and try not…

Toprak Qala

Elliq Qala – A tour of the 50 Fortresses (well, 6 to be exact)

Posted on Nov 27, 2013Nov 24, 2013
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Because it had taken three hours for the taxi driver to find 3 other passengers, it was well after dark when I arrived in Tortkul. So rather than cycling out…

The Ark

Photos of Bukhara

Posted on Nov 25, 2013Nov 24, 2013
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After Samarkand, came Bukhara. On the route I’m cycling west, at least. It was the same for those merchants from the East trading along the Silk Road so many centuries…

Photos of Samarkand

Posted on Nov 24, 2013
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Samarkand was founded around 700BC by the Sogdians. It became one of the greatest cities in the world at the time due to it’s central location on the Silk Road,…

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