What can be seen on the way to ancient Samarkand

On the way to Samarkand (Uzbekistan) we often had to stop, wait until sheep will be removed from the road.

The cattle is also bred here and grazed by the shepherds.

I tried to communicate with one of them.

- At what time do you start to graze? And at what time do you finish everyday.

- From 7: 00 am until 12: 00 am, is this true?

- An hour for a lunch?

- An hour for a lunch and then you'll graze until the evening, won't you?

- Do you like to work as a shepherd?

- Do you like the work?

- Well, yeah...

- Do you like it?

- Yes.

Very popular in the countryside is an animal-drawn transport.

Gasoline is not needed, as well as the maintenance.

- I asked, what is name of the donkey?

- We're not allowed to name a donkey.

- And why?

- I don't know, it's a custom.

- So all the donkeys are without names?

- Yes, all of them. Animals are without names.

Samarkand is waiting for us.

A city that is the same age as Rome and is compared with St. Petersburg.

Samarkand is also adored by many tourists from all over the world for the sightseeings that have become symbols of Uzbekistan.

Registan square, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, 18-meter tomb of the Saint, revered by muslims and christians and jews, Siyob Bazaar, giant samsa, the famous Samarkand flatbread, which can be stored for decades, and the champion of Uzbekistan will prepare for us Samarkand pilaf.

It will be interesting.

So, 500 km journey from Bukhara to Samarkand by taxi is almost completed.

The trip was interesting - just remember the turtle invasion.

- Saving a turtle - setting it free.

Quite often we had to stop because of the sheep that leisurely crossed the road.

On the roadside periodically we came across these speed reductors.

Uzbekistan is the only Central Asian country that produces cars in significant volumes.

It is expensive to import cars from abroad, a 100% import duty must be paid.

So, everyone drives local cars.

They, by the way, look nice from outside and inside.

However, often you come across the cars of soviet manufacture.

Basically they are used for transportation of goods.

Samarkand greets us with a gloomy weather.

It's time to say goodbye to the taxi driver Bahadir.

A very interesting person, he told us a lot of useful things.

Here he's already helping foreigners to find the way.