Following the Silk Road through Uzbekistan
October 19th 2015 We entered Uzbekistan along the Fergana valley. This is a valley of cotton, nicknamed "white gold" in Uzbekistan. It is also a valley of suspected Islamic militancy. The flat countryside is a shock after Kyrgyzstan's endless mountains.
We climb out of the valley across the Kamchik pass, 2268 metres, the only way for the Silk Road to progress west. The pass is a security zone, heavily policed be
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