We set off early because the road is long and a pass awaits us !

Our route takes us past the Nurota cemetery, where we hear women mourning their dead...

The cooler weather helped, and here we are at the top of the Qoraqarga Dovoni pass (805m) at 8.15am - one of the few declared passes in Uzbekistan !

A piece of string on my panniers enabled them to hold on and swallow the kilometres without a hitch !

After a smooth ride we arrived in Navoyi, where we could finally change some euros into Soum (we were almost out of money), then we found a hotel where we could hide out from the heat, which was already becoming stifling by midday.

The evening meal at a ‘Master Kebab’ was disappointing...

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