sweltering in the stans

Well, another installment while we can! Here are some pictures from our time in Uzbekistan, which is almost drawing to a close. It was a long tedious 3 day train journey to make it into Uzbek but worth the suffering - just! We have met some fantastic people, exclusivley Uzbek. The architecture here is just amazing. I always love being in Islamic countries, you can't beat hearing the call the prayer as the sun goes down on a hot summers night.
Paul and I have both been sampling all the local cuisine and suffering the terrible consequences. however, the watermelon here is the best I have ever tasted!
The last couple of days we have done trips out into the mountains, not far from the Afghan border. It was just fantastic to escape the heat of the dusty desert plains and sit under a tree in the mountains.
In the next couple of days we start our 5 or 6 day journey up north into Siberia. The cool weather will be a welcome change. But it will be sad to leave the lovely Uzbek people!

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