Uzbekistan
Nurata & Aydarkul
Kyzylkum dunes, a night in a yurt and sunset on a desert lake.
The best stop between Samarkand and Bukhara. Days bring a camel ride and the springs of Nurata; evenings bring sunset over Aydarkul. The night is spent in a yurt — a fire, a bakhshi singing, and a sky no city light reaches.
