Aral Sea

Our tents at Sunrise

May 9th 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 101 Thursday 28th April 2016 – Khiva to Nukus Leaving about 9.00am today so up at a reasonable time, thank goodness because our room’s window opens onto the balcony where breakfast is served and the tour group got out there just before the start of breakfast and rearranged tables and started singing and laughing - luc ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Moynaq

Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain... ... read more

10th May 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Providing us an education
We were woefully ignorant about this region of the world. Your trip has really educated us.I'm devastated to hear of the destruction of this area. That is when you wish you had a vaporizer gun and could zap people doing incredibly horrible things to the environment. A mud covered night in a tent does not sound appealing. Good decision.

11th May 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

History repeating
It made us angry knowing how this can happen, but angrier when you know a similar situation is happening in Australia to our Barrier Reef and our Governments aren't doing much to stop it's destruction. As for swimming in the Aral Sea, Shelley had her swimmers ready, but that mud didn't look too inviting.

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