![Damas](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7776%2F18372277381_08fd067db8_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Damas
The typical uzbek bus. It's the only model and they really use it for everything!
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Smile!
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Working bikes
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Brand new house made of mud
Apple logos, dolphins and hearts! Pretty weird!
![Along the railway](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7781%2F18372337671_a05663dd29_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Along the railway
Going back on the main road from the country side
![Camping spot](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8764%2F18183055300_f05fc8b806_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Camping spot
Perfect place to sleep, Isolated and far from the road
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Mud villages
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Crossing Kyzyl-Kum desert
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![Camping spot](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7751%2F18372349321_c0008fccdd_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Camping spot
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![Sunset in the desert](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F311%2F18366718112_7c2a147394_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Sunset in the desert
The sky was very sharp and clear!
![Sand](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8758%2F18370781205_dd27e0885b_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Sand
The track we left on the sand with our bikes
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Sand
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Sand
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![In the morning](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F412%2F18184641589_defae40bf6_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
In the morning
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In the morning
Getting ready
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Road, sky and clouds
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Kilometric post
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Gloves
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Scarfs
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![Works on the road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F522%2F17750164463_b80571c551_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Works on the road
First day the road was good. From this point it ther road started to degrade
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Building a road on the sand!
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![Simona](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F322%2F18372398711_7705e514ee_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Simona
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![Works on the road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7738%2F18184668879_35923eee95_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Works on the road
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![Simona checking the map](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8883%2F18344423986_c9bc173aa1_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Simona checking the map
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![Worker portrait](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7729%2F18344427076_cb97758207_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Worker portrait
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![Workers](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F256%2F18183128480_94acf3f2e7_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Workers
Uzbekistan and Russia worker
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Bikes and works
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Works on the road
80 km of very bad road and machines working
![Working at sunset](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F427%2F18344440586_0c4058f361_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Working at sunset
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![Relaxing far from the road mess](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F466%2F17748229504_677da33bf3_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Relaxing far from the road mess
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![Secondary road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7757%2F18183159110_eb21fc9580_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Secondary road
Trying to go far from the main road to sleep
![Machines at sunset](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F497%2F17750217123_3d7316ef8e_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Machines at sunset
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Ice
Not a cold night, but in the morning the bags were frozen
![Road getting better again](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F523%2F17750224753_6f8d5c6ed9_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Road getting better again
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![Works sign](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8791%2F18183076018_f71541d6b1_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Works sign
Korean company working on the road
![First cafe on the road](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F269%2F17748263894_cd549ce126_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
First cafe on the road
Desert is almost at the end, going back in the green zone
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Portrait
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![Back in the green zone](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F545%2F18370895275_a380dd0166_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Back in the green zone
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![Fishermen bikes](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8868%2F18370899055_b82ce395b7_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Fishermen bikes
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![Golden portrait](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7742%2F18366839042_e70e519621_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Golden portrait
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![People waiting the bus](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8772%2F18370905305_362b172b41_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
People waiting the bus
A lot of curiosity around us
![Chasing Simona](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F433%2F18370909275_698768d2f1_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Chasing Simona
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![Portrait](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F390%2F18184751829_b9a40646aa_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Portrait
Green eyes are more usual then expected
![Picnic](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7731%2F18372489831_27b4735906_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Picnic
Welcome Spring!
![Spring](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8837%2F18183208430_afaf6a4c30_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Spring
After the desert and cold temperatures, spring exploded like the flowers on this tree
![Bukhara](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F275%2F17748298104_a32ba5720c_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Bukhara
Here we are!
![Bukhara](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7784%2F18366862772_d7cdb74689_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Bukhara
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![A new park in Bukhara at sunset](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7758%2F18344517526_d1ed58f3c0_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
A new park in Bukhara at sunset
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![Invited at lunch with friends](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F397%2F18370931015_12e4bfe53f_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Invited at lunch with friends
Tandir Kabob, lamb meat, and naxud chorbo, soup of chickpeas and meat
![Our friends in Bukhara](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F551%2F18183125578_dee28587b8_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Our friends in Bukhara
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![Our friend Olga](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F411%2F18184776819_f7bd67de17_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Our friend Olga
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Lunch
Soup, meat, salad and green tea. Everything in the stomach already!
![Shashlik](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7760%2F18184783189_b1353d9833_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Shashlik
Giant skewers
![Simona eating Shashlik](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7754%2F18372520531_bf689f5c2d_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Simona eating Shashlik
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![Just delicious](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8792%2F18183141248_febb1390a4_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Just delicious
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![Enjoying the meal!](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F8878%2F18183174708_8287ac6e35_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Enjoying the meal!
First delicious and serious lunch since.... a lot of time!
![Turp and chaka](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F447%2F18183274570_e47a8d9a71_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
Turp and chaka
Something like cheese and a big sweet radish (ravanello)
![With Olga's friends](https://www.becycling.net/becycling/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F7795%2F18366926042_d1f582d878_h.jpg&h=350&q=90&f=.jpg)
With Olga's friends
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