On the way back from the internet cafe after our last update we passed the Bukhara football stadium, which the security guard let us wander round! A slightly tired Soviet affair but still pretty good. In the evening we bumped into a large group of ralliers, 2 of which are driving a fully kitted out ambulance! We are now with two teams who we met at Bukhara and have come to Samarkand. The teams are Spanish and Italian so we are now travelling at a slightly more sedate speed with regular breaks for drinks, food, coffee etc.
Spent today in Samarkand looking around the breathtaking Registan and the Shah-I-Zinda mausoleum complex (unfortunately the victim of a recent zealous restoration effort). We will be applying equal gusto to some gastroculture this evening when we sample 'plov' - allegedly an Uzbek rice dish. We have fortunately also arrived the week before high season starts, so everything is still fairly laid back.
Tomorrow we start back to Kazakhstan, where we are meeting the other teams again, and the long trundle up into Russia and then Mongolia. Internet contact may be sketchy at best so you will have to succle your curiosity with this post for a while.
Of course no post would be complete without a Tallulah update: exhaust starting to fall off and a fog light has a disconcerting tendency to turn upside down during the course of the day (meaning that now we have had problems with every light on the car!).
All is well and the kind locals are helping us part with our money for ridiculous and impractical clothing.
Love as ever, Jules and Will xx
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