29 July 2008: Samarkand – Tashkent Because of the Routes of the Olive Tree’s bus breakdown of the air conditioning, the bus got stuck in Samarkand till late in the afternoon in order to be fixed. Meanwhile, the riders peacefully drew up to the capital city of the country, Tashkent, where we stopped for a …
28 July 2008: Samarkand Another resting day in another outstanding city : Samarkand and its monuments that become more and more beautiful as we go further in the city. We discovered places full of history and Uzbeks wanting more than ever to meet new foreigners. By the end of the day, half of the city …
27 July 2008: Bukhara – Samarkand The riders of the Routes of the Olive Tree left late in the afternoon, in order to have a nice walk in the city of Bukhara, one of the most famous city of the Silk Road, after Samarkand. Riders and participants scattered in the city and crossed each other …
26 July 2008: Mary – Bukhara Last day of our itinerary in Turkmenistan, passing the border from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan has been the most outstanding moment in this day. An intermediate point, serrated… from one roadblock to another one, having the persistant heat as a bonus; kind of natural endless sauna!