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  • UZBEKISTAN

    Check point at a time

    On the road from Bukhara to Samarkand. Ann is happy of getting trough the fifth police check point of the day. #biketouring #Uzbekistan #September2015 #Surlybikes @mairawa…

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    Meet: Ann

    At the moment I'm cycling with @mairawa. She's from Sweden, heading to New Zealand and climbing mountains along the way. #biketouring #Uzbekistan #September2015…

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    Water in a melon

    In Uzbekistan they have melons where they have water. Therefore I stocked up melons when I was able to when the totally inhabited part of #KyzylKhumDesert ended. I was drinking…

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    Family business

    My host Sonjaz at his workplace, processing and cleaning rise with his family's machinery. #Uzbekistan…

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    Uzbek hospitality

    Once I reached the irrigated (and inhabited) green land again near Khiva I was stopped by an 18-year-old young man, Sonjaz, who invited me to stay overnight at his home. I…

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    700km straight

    A #camel in the #KyzylKhumDesert. What's the longest straight you've ridden? Mine is around 700km. #biketouring #Uzbekistan…

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    A gift from heaven

    Rain in the desert! I didn't mind it at all as the day time temperatures dropped down to 25 Celsius for two days, which helped dealing with the very rough roads…

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    A road kill

    Deserts roads can be boring, even though the monotonous landscapes are beautiful in a special way. On my second day in #Uzbekistan I found four Russian fur hats, perfectly intact in…

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    Forced joys

    In Uzbekistan all the tourists need to register soon after entering the country by staying a night in a hotel. I was sort of pissed off about the rule at first,…

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    Rehydrating?

    Now I know that #lager and #melon could be a good combination. #biketouring #KyzylKhumDesert #Uzbekistan…

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