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Terug in Tashkent als laatste tussenstop op weg naar huis. Heb nog een beetje rondgelopen in de stad, maar niet meer met de bedoeling om zoveel mogelijk monumenten te bezoeken. Het was dan ook zeer aangenaam om wat tijd te kunnen doorbrengen met enkele locals.
Zo ben ik een avond gaan bowlen met Nargiza en Feruza. Het was voor beiden hun eerste keer, dus fun gegarandeerd. We hebben veel gelachen met al ...
The Border Crossing You Dont Want To Repeat
... a road. After a couple of such releases, we found ourselves at the same position with no progress. Concerned at this, we moved away and managed to deposit our heavy backpacks on the platform at the head of the queue (despite discouragement from the officials).
V tried a different angle of attack, trying to convert our weakness into a strength. He approached the most senior looking official and got his attention with "Anyone speak English, here?". ...
Into A New Region
... passport for verification before determining whether you were headed to heaven or hell. The deeply grooved dark green columns on the platforms did nothing to soothe nerves already frazzled by this feverish vision. Unlike the more modern metros we had seen on this trip (Tokyo, Fukuoka, Shanghai, Nanjing, Delhi), the passenger cars seemed from another era and the sound effects accompanying the arrivals and departures of the trains only accentuated ...
Uzbekistan in Microcosm!!
... t believe it would you? Could your imagine immigration at Heathrow or Gatwick closing in order that they could have their lunch?
After lunch we had another hour or so messing about exiting Turkmenistan. They wanted to know where we had been, what we had purchased etc.
Then we were across to the Uzbek side and they were far more welcoming.
We then had a short drive to Khiva, an ancient 'Silk route' city whose other claim ...
Wow, just look at all my money......
... until I caught up with them again, I hadn't realised that they had been told about it - no way I could hide it though when I examined my back door of the camper that evening - a very definite dinge and some blue paint - not easy to see at the time due to the dirt there though.
That evening, after entering a completely different countryside from the word go after leaving the border post - we came to an early finish when Ivan ran over the broken leaf spring ...
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