Departure at 7:30 am to avoid the heat.

Always an excellent welcome everywhere. Even a car honks at us on the main road, we wave back, they stop and wave, we join them. Mr. and Mrs. get out of the car, we chat for 5 minutes and Mrs. gives us each a 100,000 soums bill [1] !

A fruitful stopover in the town of Bakht, where we grab a bite to eat, find a bike store and get Daniel to put the missing screw/nut back on his luggage rack [2]. The coffee is very good... admittedly freeze-dried... but it looks really good 😎

Then we set off at a good pace. A short stop in the shade of trees, where we’ll be joined by a few cows, and then we’re off again, arriving in Sardobara at around 1:30 pm before the heat gets too much.
There are two hotels in town, so we’ll go to the one where we’ve eaten some really good food !