https://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/23/170917-karimabad-sost/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1703.jpgIMG_1703A view of the Lady's Fingerhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170917_134138.jpg20170917_134138https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170917_145122.jpg20170917_145122The breath taking conical Passu towers2020-11-18T15:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/22/160917-naran-karimabad/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170916_162056.jpg20170916_162056https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-16-16-10-59.jpg2017-09-16 16.10.59https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-16-12-43-06.jpg2017-09-16 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11.34.14https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1643-min.jpgIMG_1643-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1639-min.jpgIMG_1639-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170916_132456.jpg20170916_1324562020-11-18T15:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/21/150915-khargan-valley/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img-20170915-wa0005.jpgIMG-20170915-WA0005https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170916_065439.jpg20170916_065439https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-15-14-24-37.jpg2017-09-15 14.24.37The transporthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170915_142306.jpg20170915_142306Taking fivehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-15-11-45-27.jpg2017-09-15 11.45.27Traditional river 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threehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171016_170741_resized.jpg20171016_170741_resizedhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_ebb.jpegfullsizeoutput_ebbA little breezy by the sea!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_eba.jpegfullsizeoutput_ebaThe Kvirila River about to burst its bankshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171016_163658_resized.jpg20171016_163658_resizedWe've made it to the Caspian coasthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2343.jpgIMG_2343https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_eb4.jpegfullsizeoutput_eb42020-11-15T22:45:52+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/24/190917-tashkurgen-karakol-kashgar/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_180724.jpg20170919_180724Wetlands on the edge of Tashkurganhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_185215.jpg20170919_185215Targharma plateau at the foot of Muztag Peakhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_210001.jpg20170919_210001Entering the gorge of the Tiger's Mouthhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_185929.jpg20170919_185929The red roofs of the settled nomads, homes paid for by the Chinese Statehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_185322.jpg20170919_185322A bemused policemanhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170919_180853.jpg20170919_180853https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170921_223355_907.jpgIMG_20170921_223355_907The last yurt at Lake Karakol (Xingjiang, others had dismantled with winter approaching https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170921_221429_355.jpgIMG_20170921_221429_355Bactrian camels crossing!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1772.jpgIMG_1772https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170922_1131381.jpg20170922_1131382019-01-11T16:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/23/180917-sost-chinese-border-khunjerab-pass-tashkurgen/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170917_1537111.jpg20170917_153711Filling the car at Sost, the last fuelling point before China2019-01-11T16:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/21/140917-islamabad-naran/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170808_203146_220.jpgIMG_20170808_203146_2202019-01-11T15:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/11/03/291017-france-uk-and-home/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fullsizeoutput_1000.jpegfullsizeoutput_1000https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2493-min.jpgIMG_2493-min(I was coerced to add this)https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fullsizeoutput_ffb-min.jpegfullsizeoutput_ffb-minFinding the Papp domain!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fullsizeoutput_ff7-min.jpegfullsizeoutput_ff7-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171025_085437-min.jpg20171025_085437-minA very happy family: Aliz, Tibi, Edua and Bator - the cowboy!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171024_163919-min.jpg20171024_163919-min . . phew. It passed the check!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171024_163804-min.jpg20171024_163804-minMurray scrutinising the angles . . https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171024_163733-min.jpg20171024_163733-minTibi placing the Hungarian flag with Bator's helphttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fullsizeoutput_ff6-min.jpegfullsizeoutput_ff6-minIncredible baroque decor inside the modest churchhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fullsizeoutput_ff5-min.jpegfullsizeoutput_ff5-min2018-04-04T19:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/27/240917-arslanbob-osh/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170924_190639.jpg20170924_190639https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-24-12-29-34.jpg2017-09-24 12.29.34The entrance to Jalalabad - obviously a top backdrop for wedding photos!!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-24-12-29-48.jpg2017-09-24 12.29.48Answers on a postcard please if you can name this warrior!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170924_122711.jpg20170924_122711Soviet town signagehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170924_113131.jpg20170924_113131More herds to negotiatehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-24-11-15-09.jpg2017-09-24 11.15.092018-02-12T17:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/28/250917-osh-fergana-uzbekistan/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170926_112957_resized.jpg20170926_112957_resizedhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_121203.jpg20170925_121203It turned out that our hotel was a popular wedding venuehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_170911_resized.jpg20170925_170911_resizedResult! M was happy really!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_155828_resized.jpg20170925_155828_resizedTraditional silk ikat weavinghttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170926_111251_252_resized.jpgIMG_20170926_111251_252_resizedMeticulous handiworkhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170926_111506_653_resized.jpgIMG_20170926_111506_653_resizedAppreciating the finery of the fabricshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fullsizeoutput_d17.jpegfullsizeoutput_d17The ubiquitous and rather endearing Ladahttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_101727_resized_1.jpg20170925_101727_resized_1Slightly down hearted by the initial state of the roadshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_151221_resized.jpg20170925_151221_resizedWell, why not capitalise on the moment . . why not renew our wedding vows?!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170925_101718_resized.jpg20170925_101718_resizedAah! Into the Fergana valley proper. A little like France, with Ladas!2018-02-12T17:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/11/01/281017-le-touquet-rest-day-with-the-kids/2018-01-14T19:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/11/01/271017-luxembourg-loison-sur-crequoise-france/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_24301.jpgIMG_2430Happy times with Max and Charlottehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_24291.jpgIMG_2429Murray scrutinising the last page of his plan - we had made it!2018-01-14T19:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/about/2018-01-14T19:31:31+00:00weekly0.6https://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/25/231017-belgrade-zagreb-croatia/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_f21.jpegfullsizeoutput_f21https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_f23.jpegfullsizeoutput_f23https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_f24.jpegfullsizeoutput_f24https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171023_155441.jpg20171023_155441https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_f1c.jpegfullsizeoutput_f1c2017-11-03T18:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/29/241017-zagreb-slovenia-kercaszomor-hungary/2017-11-03T12:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/31/261017-salzburg-luxembourg/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_fbb.jpegfullsizeoutput_fbbhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/luxembourg-luxembourg-city-monument-remembrance-gilded-woman.jpgLuxembourg-Luxembourg-City-Monument-Remembrance-Gilded-WomanThis is what the Golden Lady really looks like! (Courtesy of an internet derived photo)https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171029_155725_resized.jpg20171029_155725_resized7,000 miles on the clock!! 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It's an aquatic 'Noo-noo' (for those who suffered the Telly Tubbies in yeas gone by - it was Zara's favourite thing!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_112709_001-min.jpg20171020_112709_001-minInspection timehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_125509-min.jpg20171020_125509-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_123057-min.jpg20171020_123057-minInside the Grand Bazaarhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_114955-min.jpg20171020_114955-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_114835-min.jpg20171020_114835-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_113324-min.jpg20171020_113324-minFishermen setting up for the dayhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171020_113133-min.jpg20171020_113133-minThe mackerel sandwich boats on Eminonu Pier2017-10-20T08:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/17/151017-kakheti-tbilisi/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171015_082816_001.jpg20171015_082816_0012017-10-17T19:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/17/141017-baku-kakheti-georgia/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171014_095127.jpg20171014_095127The rolling hills of north western Azerbaijanhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e9b.jpegfullsizeoutput_e9b2017-10-17T17:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/17/131017-baku-day-6/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e50.jpegfullsizeoutput_e50At sunsethttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171013_234706_resized.jpg20171013_234706_resizedAfter darkhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171013_152310_resized.jpg20171013_152310_resizedIcherisheher - The Gate into Old Walled City2017-10-17T07:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/12/11-121017-baku-still/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e61.jpegfullsizeoutput_e612017-10-13T04:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/11/08-101017-beautiful-baku/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171009_082114_resized.jpg20171009_082114_resizedView from the pool looking to the Formula One pits and Government Househttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171008_154232.jpg20171008_154232https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e43.jpegfullsizeoutput_e43Aquatics Centrehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e3e.jpegfullsizeoutput_e3eKhalida Safarova, Training, 1970shttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171009_102259.jpg20171009_102259The star of Islamhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e42.jpegfullsizeoutput_e42https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2241.jpgIMG_2241Within Icheri Sheher, the old cityhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171009_115459.jpg20171009_115459Roaming through the old cityhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2240.jpgIMG_2240The 15th century Shirvanshahs´ Palacehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2239.jpgIMG_22392017-10-11T12:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/10/071017-the-caspian-crossing/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e1d.jpegfullsizeoutput_e1dMinor repairs, piles of reading and movies - and rather incongruous rose patterned flannelette bedding - sweet!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e1c.jpegfullsizeoutput_e1cThe Turkmenistan flaghttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2206.jpgIMG_2206Heading out between sand bars2017-10-10T19:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/10/061017-turkmenbashi/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171007_193704.jpg20171007_193704https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171007_191541.jpg20171007_191541https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171007_111238.jpg20171007_111238https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2200.jpgIMG_2200https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2199.jpgIMG_2199Very keen for a photo!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2196.jpgIMG_2196Leaving Turkmenbashi at last!!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2195.jpgIMG_2195https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2194.jpgIMG_2194https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2193.jpgIMG_2193About to set sailhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2192.jpgIMG_21922017-10-10T18:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/10/051017-ashgabat-turkmenbashi/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_de8.jpegfullsizeoutput_de8More imposing structures (and gold)https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_170140.jpg20171004_170140The Asian Olympic Arenahttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e1b.jpegfullsizeoutput_e1bA sign . . . with distances listed. OMG, we've got a way to go!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e1a.jpegfullsizeoutput_e1ahttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_105018_001.jpg20171006_105018_001'Enjoying' a day at the seaside?https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2185.jpgIMG_2185https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2183.jpgIMG_2183https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171005_152557.jpg20171005_152557Another camel. Oh how times have changed in the modern world . . or did the 'worm' finally turn?https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171005_171429.jpg20171005_171429Our first glimpse of the Caspian - a joyous momenthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171005_121350.jpg20171005_121350Looking to Iran and the Köpetdag Mountains2017-10-10T15:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/09/041017-dervaza-ashgabat/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_1044051.jpg20171004_104405A well known watering hole!! At least this pothole had something good to offer.https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_104405.jpg20171004_104405https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_de1.jpegfullsizeoutput_de1Entering Ashgabat on a grey old day - had the sun shone the gilded monuments would have dazzledhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_dde.jpegfullsizeoutput_ddehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_ddf.jpegfullsizeoutput_ddf2017-10-09T11:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/09/031017-dashogus-dervaza/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_173528.jpg20171003_173528The dirt track into the deserthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-03-17-57-59.jpg2017-10-03 17.57.59Despite the tracks we were in a very remote placehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_1444451.jpg20171003_144445Picnic time - on the edge of a parched wind blown cotton fieldhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_210120.jpg20171003_210120https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_114343.jpg20171004_114343https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2180.jpgIMG_2180https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_104414.jpg20171004_104414https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171004_110231.jpg20171004_110231We were warned . . https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2176.jpgIMG_2176Reluctantly emerging from the yurt wrapped in multiple blanketshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_210051.jpg20171003_2100512017-10-09T10:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/08/031017-khiva-dashoguz-turkmenistan/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e19.jpegfullsizeoutput_e19A fairly typical road leading up to the borderhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_091021.jpg20171003_091021Soviet remainshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_144445.jpg20171003_144445https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_142141.jpg20171003_142141https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_085920.jpg20171003_085920Some rare colour in the landscape leading to the borderhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_123331.jpg20171003_1233312017-10-08T20:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/08/021017-burkhara-khiva/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_075624.jpg20171003_075624Checking the levels . . . https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2154.jpgIMG_2154We caught the last hours of daylighthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2166.jpgIMG_2166The city walls of Khivahttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_ddb.jpegfullsizeoutput_ddbThe Silk Road purchasehttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_080337.jpg20171003_080337Our host outside his hotelhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171003_075627.jpg20171003_075627. . . All good, apart from the slight rattle on start up and the beginnings of a whine from the somewhere under the bonnet (not within the car I hasten to add!)https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img-20171002-wa0003.jpgIMG-20171002-WA0003https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171002_210628.jpg20171002_210628Khiva by nighthttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171002_205901.jpg20171002_205901and not a sole to be seen. Quite eerie but beautifully lit and waiting to be a film sethttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2124.jpgIMG_21242017-10-08T19:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/08/011017-bukhara-the-mission-is-the-drive-anything-else-is-a-bonus/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_e17.jpegfullsizeoutput_e17https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170930_212957.jpg20170930_212957https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2052.jpgIMG_2052https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171001_133234.jpg20171001_133234A proper Uzbek carpet - not requiredhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-20-48-49.jpg2017-10-02 20.48.49https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-15-02-45.jpg2017-10-02 15.02.45https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-09-20-41.jpg2017-10-02 09.20.41https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-18-17-46.jpg2017-10-02 18.17.46https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-08-42-59.jpg2017-10-02 08.42.59https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-01-11-30-57.jpg2017-10-01 11.30.57The ancient form of earthquake proofing seen all around the fortress walls2017-10-08T14:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/08/300917-samarkand-bukhara/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2024-min.jpgIMG_2024-minOld Russian military jackets now adorned with old Soviet badgeshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1999-min.jpgIMG_1999-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1998-min.jpgIMG_1998-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170930_174327-min.jpg20170930_174327-minSunset in the bazaar at Burkhara2017-10-08T08:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/07/290917-samarkand/2017-10-08T05:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/02/280917-tashkent-samarkand/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_dc5.jpegfullsizeoutput_dc5https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_d6a-min.jpegfullsizeoutput_d6a-min2017-10-02T10:21:13+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/01/270917-tashkent-a-day-off-travelling/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170927_132318_resized-min.jpg20170927_132318_resized-minM narrowly avoided being arrested for taking this photohttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1899-min.jpgIMG_1899-minhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1914-min.jpgIMG_1914-minStanding 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while!2017-10-01T12:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/10/01/260917-fergana-tashkent-and-maxs-13th-birthday/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_dc4.jpegfullsizeoutput_dc42017-10-01T11:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/26/230917-arslanbob-the-largest-walnut-grove-in-the-world/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_160025.jpg20170923_160025https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_155712.jpg20170923_155712https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_112057.jpg20170923_112057By the 'Big Waterfall'https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_112520.jpg20170923_112520The view from 2,100mhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_144556.jpg20170923_144556https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_105606.jpg20170923_105606Looking down into the village of Arslanbob https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170924_083801_710.jpgIMG_20170924_083801_710https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_140624.jpg20170923_140624From right to left, our guide Ziad, M, the BBQ cook and his daughterhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170923_104855.jpg20170923_104855Confidently crossing the mountain stream!https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-23-15-25-47.jpg2017-09-23 15.25.47Looking down into the valley2017-09-27T12:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/26/220917-sary-tash-arslanbob/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-23-09-55-40.jpg2017-09-23 09.55.40Zahid, our host, his son and niece and Mhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-23-15-22-13.jpg2017-09-23 15.22.13https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-24-10-13-04.jpg2017-09-24 10.13.04Our home-stayhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-11-55-00.jpg2017-09-22 11.55.00https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-11-56-16.jpg2017-09-22 11.56.16https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-10-28-12.jpg2017-09-22 10.28.12The car proved very attractive to a passing herd of cowshttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-23-17-29-37.jpg2017-09-23 17.29.37https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170922_120612_001.jpg20170922_120612_0012017-09-26T02:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/2017/09/25/210917-kashgar-irkeshtam-pass-sary-tash-kyrgyzstan/https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-21-17-29-05.jpg2017-09-21 17.29.05https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-11-29-37.jpg2017-09-22 11.29.37https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-23-14-45-55.jpg2017-09-23 14.45.55https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-09-59-04.jpg2017-09-22 09.59.04https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-09-35-04.jpg2017-09-22 09.35.04Ainura (far right), her sisters, Jarda the Czech cyclist and Mhttps://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-09-40-34.jpg2017-09-22 09.40.34https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-10-49-34.jpg2017-09-22 10.49.34https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-10-48-52.jpg2017-09-22 10.48.52https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-22-10-36-58.jpg2017-09-22 10.36.58Ever hopeful . . https://whitesidesontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-21-15-05-00.jpg2017-09-21 15.05.00Queues of lorries we cheekily 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