Today we had a half day walking tour of the historic sites of Bukhara. It was around 37C day today. Tomorrow is forecast as 40C. We started off at the Mausoleum of the Samanids. A very intricate building that was built…
Road to Bukhara
After an early start (5 am is early for me) and a few last minute dawn photos of Khiva, the truck set off for Bukhara. Only 470 km over a paved road….. Problem is we were not on the brand new…
A carpet ride in Khiva
I awoke this morning feeling a hell of a lot better. I’d managed to get a few bottles of water somehow. I’m assuming someone got them for me. Khiva is a walled old city dating back approximately 2500 years. Many…
Day of the dead
Today, was a living nightmare after yesterday. I was feeling so sick after the night and day before. We had a stop in the ruins of Kunye-Urgench, which were amazing except for the amount of sun and lack of shade…
Bogged
Today was pretty stressful. Basically we stopped for lunch beside the first river we’d seen for days. Only problem was the truck got bogged. No problems plenty of trucks were passing on the road, one would surely stop and help…
Another gate to hell
Today was a rather long drive through the Karakum desert. The road got worse as we went and it seems that driving is on whichever side on the road has less bumps and potholes, is the correct way of driving…
City of Marble
This morning I met the rest of the tour group. A fair mix of people but out of 18 or so I think only 2 were younger than me. Its a who’s who of travellers. Think of a place and…
Chinese and Russian carry on luggage
Sorry to anyone who missed me or thought I’d gone missing. I’ve been internetless with plenty of other mishaps and adventures in between!I left Guangzhou for the long flight to Ashgabat via Urumqi in Western China. I ended up sitting…
Canton Tower
A quick update with a photo of Canton Tower. This tower is huge at over 600 metres high. Fortunately the ticket price to go up was enough to convince my fear of heights it was not worth the trip up.…
It is pronounced Guang-Jo
Firstly, lets settle the age old debate on pronouncing the city of Guangzhou’s name. Its Guang-jo, not Guang-jow or Guang-show. OK now that’s settled, lets move on shall we… I will let you call it Canton, the locals still call…