Day 30 Jalalabad to Kara-Balta (13th June)
It seems that we were very close to Jalalabad and the road by-passed the city on its way via Karasu and Toktogul to Bishkek. We stopped for diesel at a … Read more
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Day 29 Angren to Jalalabad (12th June)
Shortly after leaving Angren, the road began to climb gently up a spur of the Pamirs with a series of hairpin bends and we passed the spot where we saw … Read more
Day 28th Samarkand to Angren (11th June)
The road from Samarkand is similar to the road into it; a succession of dreary linear towns with advertising boards and men with red Star Wars sticks waving motorists into … Read more
Day 20 Shakhrisabz to Samarkand (10th June)
A pretty useless day. We got a hearty welcome from the manager of the Zilol Bakht hotel who directed us to a bank so we could pay the Russian guy, … Read more
Day 26th Samarkand to Shakhrisabz (9th June)
We drove down a rather narrow street called Termez Street (Termez is the Uzbek town on the border with Afghanistan) and over the Kitob Pass (1,665 metres) past dozens of … Read more
Day 25 June 8th Samarkand
There are three must-see sights in Samarkand: Timur’s tomb, the Registan and the Shahizinda. I wrote in detail about these places in 2018 which can be seen earlier on the … Read more
Day 24 Bukhara to Samarkand
Since we went through Uzbekistan in 2018, it feels like the population has grown by 10% (with lots of small children running about) and the traffic by 1,000%. The road … Read more
Day 23 Bukhara (6th June)
We went to see the Great Ark after walking about a mile in entirely the wrong direction after Google Maps took us to the Great Ark Bukhara hotel. A man … Read more
Day 22 Bukhara (5th June)
I got up early to drive into Bukhara while Jennifer was still in bed and, while stopped at a traffic light, had a nice conversation with a man in an … Read more
Day 21 Khiva to Bukhara (4th June)
We got up early and were the first for breakfast together with a charming Japanese couple. We then went back to the ATM to wait for the bank official. A … Read more