I left my bike in Dushanbe and took off to Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

タシケントに出張すべく、ドゥシャンベに自転車を残し、ウズベキスタンを目指す。


The border close to Samarqand was closed so took another gate, one in south, near town called Denau. It took me 1 hour to go through the border but successfully crossed without problems.
サマルカンドの国境は閉じているので、デナウ(南部)の国境を使った。ボーダーでは1時間くらいかかったが、特に問題も発生する事なく無事ウズベキスタンに入国。

From there, took share taxi for 9 hours to get Samarqand. It was the long ride so I thought cycling 9 hours is much better than this...
そこからサマルカンドまで乗りタクで9時間。久々の長時間移動、まだ自転車で9時間移動した方が楽。やっぱり自転車が良い。


Now, I'm in Samarqand, the town of blue. This city was a bit touristic for me so it's not very interesting place to see. I think it's because seemed this city had been over re-constructed and looked too new...
そして青の都と言われるサマルカンドへ。これまた久々の観光地と言える観光地。自分には観光地臭が強すぎて、「ふぅ～ん」って感じ。町が綺麗に整備され過ぎていて、歴史が全く感じられなくなってしまってる。っと自分には感じた。


However, people were nice even though they were in such touristic place. I'm looking forward to cycling Uzbekistan. For tomorrow, I will be in Tashkent. I booked a train schedule to leave here 2 am so am ready to go.
ただ、人はとても良い。観光客には慣れていても、擦れていなくて、とても好印象。自転車で走るのが楽しみ。タシケント行の電車(定刻午前2時)のチケットを確保、明日にはタシケントだ。


The Legistan, Samarqand, レギスタン広場、サマルカンド