Today we left the camp at our usual departure time after breakfast and drove across the arid land once more. Of course I couldn’t resist the donkey carts carrying calves! We stopped at an old fort that was supposedly…

We left Samarkand at the usual 8am start with full cars and spare fuel in the guides car. Our destination was a Yurt camp on the shores of Lake Aydarkul. The story goes that a Soviet Dam built on the…

Today was a sightseeing day in Samarkand. Having seen some beautiful mosaic work yesterday, the mosaics continued today. Visited the Ulugh Beg Observatory. All that remains of the observatory is the sextant arc underground and there is now a museum…

Today we left Tashkent (Hotel Uzbekistan) to drive to Samarkand. Fairly dry scenery gave way to some farmland. One of the features were the storks that were nesting on the power staunches. Arriving in Samarkand we checked into the hotel…