Fjällbonäs-FarAwayistan: 070615 The slaughter When we were to leave Tashkent, I had to think of Ian Lundin. He easily found downtown Arvidsjaur. When we passed Hotel Laponia he said: “OK, so this is downtown”. Locating downtown Tashkent is more difficult. We drove for miles and it all looked the same, the place must be at least 50kms wide. Being a taxi driver here without GPS must be the ultimate challenge In Uzbekistan it’s slaughter time. We saw many people working to get the hay in. Most work seemed to be done in the old-fashioned way and they even harvest whatever grows along the road. This reminds me of my father’s stories from the ‘30s. Prejudices are just that – never true. Through the media I had a negative picture of Kirgizistan, but the border crossing, getting in, was the easiest we’ve had. People are friendly and I feel very secure here. One problem with being away from Eva such a long time, is that all women become more and more beautiful, the further we get :-) There is a big lake in the middle of Kirgizistan, where Lukas and I stayed for the night. We were lucky with the weather. A few minutes after we had a roof over our heads, the rains came, a storm.   << Previous All chronicles Next >> High Performance Riding www.pgdakar.com Per-Gunnar Lundmark Fjällbonäs 15 933 91 Arvidsjaur Per-Gunnar Lundmark Eva.PG.Lundmark@swipnet.se Updated 2007-06-14