HJ noticed that there was a shorter road to get to Nukus
on his map so we decided to take this new route. It was supposed to take us to Shenge.
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| We needed to cross this...luckily, we found tracks where people had made a quasi road |
We turned off, headed about 30km (included
was a dry/sandy riverbed crossing) until we arrived at a bridge. The center portion of the bridge was the only
thing standing. It looked like it had
been bombed about 20 years ago and nobody every fixed it.
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| The road was listed on the map that it was a road...the map has not been updated in quite some time |
The main issue in Uzbekistan, as mentioned in
an earlier post, is the petrol shortage.
We have to be smart about our petrol and how we use it. HJ can do probably 450km with the 4 extra liters he has (21 in total) and Scott probably 600km (37 liters). A 60km sidetrack in Uzbekistan can be a bit sketchy.
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| In Uzbekistan there are these signs at every entrance to every city |
Finally back to the main road, we are on our way to
Nukus. We arrived in the late afternoon
into Nukus. It is a bigger city than we
anticipated and finding the center proved a little challenging.
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| The Nukus bazaar, not much happening in this city except this and the Modern Art Museum |
After a couple turns and asking a police
officer we managed to find the Jipek Joli hotel. It was one of the first times were have
landed in a place at a decent time.
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| The hotel in Nukus, very comfortable place |
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| a nice place to chill |
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| the bread guy at the bazaar wanted his pic taken |
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| The fruit guy, he overcharged us but not too much |
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| The little girl had hard negotiation skills. |
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| Thank you in Uzbek |
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| The wait staff at the Jipek Joli |
It
would be a relaxing evening and a relaxing day tomorrow. We have a simple ride to Xiva of about
150km.
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