Thursday, September 6, 2012 – Nukus, Uzbekistan We attended a lecture at our hotel concerning the water situation of the Aral Sea. The main river in Turkmenistan was called Amu Darya, previously named the Oxus River. (This river has had many names throughout the centuries depending on who occupied the area). Many ancient settlements along [...]
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 – Nukus, Uzbekistan (Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan). Until 1924, from Turkey to the Western section of China, all of Central Asia and the Tartars from the Southern part of Russia all spoke the Turkic language. These different ethnic people can still understand much of what each other say today [...]
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 – Darvaza, Turkmenistan to Nukus, Uzbekistan In the brisk desert morning, we climbed out from our tents, visited a lonely hill away from sight, brushed our teeth, started eating breakfast when a herd of goats came by and stopped to visit us. They liked the bread and Pringle potato chips but [...]
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