It’s all about cities in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek people preferred to settle for centuries, while other central Asian people decided to stick to their nomadic lifestyle. You can feel that, visiting the rich on culture Uzbek cities. Just check out the pictures and you will see.
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Uzbekistan is super-hot to cycle and I am still sick coming from the Pamir HWY. Somehow I don’t recover and cycle around half-sick all the time. Also I cannot go, as planned, through Turkmenistan. I run out of visa time in Uzbekistan and have to take a train. Yes it’s really true, I have to take a train! What a disaster! Not easy for me, because I wanted to cross all Asia by bike. I feel like hiking a high mountain and taking the helicopter up a stretch, because climbing seems to be a bit tough. But as soon as I am in the train things aren’t that serious anymore. I guess that’s what a world trip is also good for, changing plans and accepting things turning the other way. After torturing myself on the bike through the south of the country, Uzbekistan turns out to be a sightseeing event. I take it easy and just enjoy my time with good company.
The train ride takes me back to Kazakhstan to the port town of Aktau and from there by ferry over the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan.
