Silk Route

Day 43 - Sun 27 Apr 08

Bukhara

Out of my cave like room before 08:00 and walk down town. Got into the Kalyan minaret and climbed up to the top. The views across the city are cool. Wandered back to the hotel to get breakfast before heading out again and I managed to obtain a few metres of 'silk' in a bright purple. The trader started out at 6 euros per meter but I got it for $4. I said that I'd give them $20 if they could sew it up to form a sleep sheet, but after many attempts with the sewing machine no dice. The machine was broken. I handed over $20 and got 5000s back in change.

I walked around the corner and found a little lady to run it into a sleep sheet for me. I gathered from her that my silk isn't 100% silk but I don't really care. I gave her 4000s for her efforts. Got some provisions and headed back to the hotel to escape the heat.

Back out at 16:00, and it's still hot. One last look around before heading back and packing my stuff ready for tomorrow's departure.