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to analyze the flight for market dominance, good is still the head with d w business beyond. ah ah endless deserts and deep gorges. along the old seal g road, we travel by train through a mysterious country whose back histone. ah, the former soviet republic is a country offering both $1001.00 nights and communist style prefabricated homes a country with strong women twins in uniform and some very special camel driving techniques.

ah a journey from the deepest caves in the world to the remains of the r l. c. ah tosh, kent, capital of the presidential republic of his biggest on founded only in 1991 in 1966. it was the victim of a devastating earthquake. it was rebuilt in the modern soviet

style. now, massive transport routes. chris crossed the city. the main train station is located in the city center waiting on platform one is this so called silk road express. engine driver, ask mo, who j. u dash f chicks. everything once again, so that the train can leave on time at a t. m. last miss color. so ross lincoln, also black, even as a child i dreamed of becoming a trained driver because my father was one. but he drove old soviet machines on the working conditions were really tough. back then over today. everything is much better and more comfortable,

although you also get them on the salary after the rail road is still a lifeline for his breakfast on and it's 33000000 inhabitants. it takes about 20 hours to go from touch kent, across the country to the east, to the former shores of the arrow, see the road network. he is poor in his bake, his done and flying is expensive because of this. most people just take the train was biggest on is located in the heart of central asia between afghanistan and kazakhstan. al journey takes us from the capital tosh, kent towards some kind along the he saw mountains and further to bo hara and across the desert to the almost dried up our aisle. seat

water is the greatest treasure if this dry country in the 1970 several dams were built on the slopes of the t, an sion mountains which still fulfilled tashkent. water needs to day. but there's not just water in these mountains. hidden deep within them is a secret that the soviet union, guarded the decades. in the 1940s uranium was discovered here. for the mine is a top secret, sissy bills out of the ground. to day, it looks like a ghost town. ah ah,

a one of the last inhabitants of yanine but is merit in your cave. who was one of the 1st people born here 67 years ago. every morning he makes his rounds first's, don't the daycare. what for this that same lee at nasa? was it a sales nor a message for me? yeah, i was only one month old from my parents brought me to this daycare in 1954 currently at now nobody is left. she'll filler spot. serious. give us a user when the soviet union collapsed and the mind was closed off, that was normal work and almost every one there is a busy, fitness the year will arrive both in near boulevard with things a lonely and younger. but the former music school, like the whole city,

was built by vulgar germans it feels like a faded european memory in the middle of asia. a meal op with a with she here with is called a 3 gordon the for to be on when i was a child. i took piano lessons here, but there were to leave. after 3 years, the teacher told my parents, i shouldn't come any more than you because i had no chance of becoming a musician or you can watch. i mean, i was incredibly happy with this statement. yeah. well, can you start up salvage 5 years ago merits got married for the 2nd time to his childhood suite. larissa, she said, what are we having? stay in the blue cheese soup? will it taste good? of course. yeah. you know, well you pony. i can't remember this

new life been young, but again the olympic boxing team is training here in the pleasant mountain. an larissa and merit have befriended young, so he about and perhaps adopted her obese. yes, when you're my vote for fishes from lots of our garbage. a i started focusing in 2017 and i've been on the national team since 2019 half of the months. i'm at home . and the other 2 weeks. i train. yeah. bought a lot of information. mm hm. and the training is hard for the olympic team. while boxes in other countries prepare for the competition in high take. jim's the coach, he knows break, his don has more rustic methods in mind. i

was there through it. i bought the orchard the she's so good. originally, we only trained men here, but for 6 years we've been preparing girls for competitions as well, develop them to support some of this and the regimen needs to strict get up at 5 o'clock, then an insurance run off to break this training in the whole followed by stone lifting at the river, i want to succeed and i hope to take part in the olympic games some day. and when a girl of metal ah, the training in yonah about is exhausting. so it's nice to have a surrogate family like the one. so he bought has

oh, he greetings might be gill soon. the stuff is nice. well doesn't bother. now it's a nice bone of seat or snuff creature. i am very off tame sake. but my will to achieve something in boxing is simply grey says, no, i have no washing 3 of them. it's so nice to have you because we miss our own children. che budgeting mara, sons. like so many others you have long since left young bud ah, the silk road express has left the mountains behind and is now moving through increasingly sparse vegetation. with the construction of the railroad began here more than a 100 years ago. and soviet times the railway network was the highest priority,

and there still is a lot of construction going on at vocal as on thousands of years ago. caravans traveled along the banks of the czar of shawn river to the east and west. it's the lifeline of probably the most legendary city in central asia. some a kind the center of the city reg is don square. to day a populous font for photos. and in the 15th century, the site of the most prestigious university in the islamic world was pakistan, is considered a police state. and recently, even has special police, the tourists twins fatima, and so forth, were actually english teachers before they joined the police. there beat the reg is

done to wear a uniform. it was a dream from our childhood and how the opening new department to refill is apartment. we were the 1st time to work here. so i thought it's me and i to why my sister is with me with patrolling. isn't that easy for the 2 of them? because the tourists want one thing above old. a photo with the twins in uniform and the fearful, as for sheila, teenagers wanted to take a picture and mostly girls, they wanted to be a like, fullest man. like this place was a hub for mathematics and astronomy. in the 15th century. sure

is india is a magical place. for 600 years the necropolis has been hanging on the hills. over the summer con mazin up to gunny calls, the faithful to prayer. the launch tune lies within the twins precinct. it's telling us because we've worked in this a place historical place and when we have a nice a relationship and i say a relationship, then i walk. oh, well, the easy ah, if sound travel, so had finished. eliza is theresa when they woke together with during

soviet times the 11 mausoleums were left to decay. but recently they've undergone extensive restoration. another storm estoppel, a kitchen and alden and the old owl and the past life as a devout muslim was very difficult. there were only a few mosques in which one could pray. there was hardly any possibility to train as a museum monopoly. today there are 2000 mosques in spec, you stand up and new ones are still being built in the curious rawls, a kind of in those raised every, most of them can, once again, freely and openly practice their beliefs. and i also love that if the us that a fond of the machine of do gunny is also responsible for the care of the tombs. the most important place in the complex the tomb of abbas,

who is said to have brought islam to some i can't shut off this am what other chunky will module ah, but will the joy for me. it is always a deep feeling of gratitude that i am given the honor of serving here in law. the us asa, this is a holy place because our boss who lives here was the profits, cousins along i'm. i can let a bus to all. and at the phones with it's evening in summer canned, the police twins fatima and zapora have been invited to their grandmother's house for a small family celebration. ah mama! now mascot jayden. oh so i am so proud of my 2 granddaughters. when i was young, it was unthinkable for a woman to wear uniforms. the twins each have one daughter,

divorced and live independently. our parents gave us a really nice life because they hadn't said to lie on their own life. and now we tried to be to show. busy our valuable our children ah, me to the east of some kind mountains rise abruptly from the landscape. here once stood the magnificent palace of t more who conquered all of central asia in the 14th century. the he saw mountains of the west and most foothills of the himalayas. here over

millions of years, the deepest caves in the world were formed. speedily ologist bloody mia dulcie and puzzled bear are on their way to uncover a great secret. but then i can see it so i can wear the fisher, i have it, and what we want to go to the 2 more in cave to investigate legend has it said t more hid there with his entire army. we want to find out if this was actually possible, of course a lot. but the route is loan and difficult. ah . after 18 hours on bumpy roads in an old terrain vehicle, they can continue only by foot. i saw the yeah, 100 so and then which no father,

the trigger was very long and we're tired to get him. we won't make it to the cave to day. we'll set up camp here and on the sand. besides i get this and to morrow morning. it all begins heading down into these canyon. ah, vladimir and pavel have been working together for 8 years now and have explored many caves, like the cellar broth, by some way to show where you go go. but i have not heard eliza meza beach by gift . this is the simplest and cheapest food. there is the of the classic student food here in the mountains. it's very convenient because it's so easy to prepare to get through it. ok here in the mountains, there's hardly any infrastructure. the 2 men are on their own. they must be careful,

especially in the evening after all bears ann leopard still live here at 6 in the morning. the march to the t more cave begins. all of us, our thought system does boost from civil docket. plant. we have to go down here and then along the river through the gorge, and then back up again with us. the cave must be behind there somewhere. down the steep cliffs. we go into the canyon called the color, cher hon. the lion fortress.

the cave has 2 entrances. the explorers decide to take the smaller one. if you shoot that one above, inside the cave, it will be very cold. so we need to dress warmly, which we will try to explore as much of the cave as possible, i think, to see if the survival of many people have as possible a toll. most importantly, of course, is water without drinking water. no one could have survived to hold it with as much as to lose him. of this is rita, nobody ah, even though it's really hot outside, inside the temperature drops quickly into the single digits

of my business correctly. that picture of my but it looks like left of his here. take a look at this. i don't think so. let's go no longer the. all right, that's got no more daylight reaches this part of the cave. the explorers find themselves in total darkness. with gusts of it, i said if we have to descend deeper now, we suspect there's water down there. if the stories are true, there must have been some kind of lake here and timor's time all about it. and if it exists, we'll find it. my younger daughter, simo, ruled an enormous empire in the 14th century from present a india to turkey. he is victorious campaigns is said to have begun from this cave

to look for though and above. there's a small waterfall note there. yes, the water is collecting down there. great news for the drinking water for tea. more good. but was water alone enough to keep hundreds of soldiers and maybe even their horses alive or not? because if i love more than i, because to liberty, there is definitely old food. how old it is, however, is difficult to say. trespass more than face. after 5 hours in the cave, they stop their way back. i honestly am, i found a small reservoir, so there is water here. dogs am appointed to store. however, the way into the cave is difficult. it's hard to say if it could have been done with horses, in any case, they could have been shouted fellow kanisha. ah, still,

there's not enough evidence to say whether timor was here. it still remains a mystery. look up, they'll come back to explore tea more in cave further. ah, from here it's less than a 100 kilometers to afghanistan. the silk road express is now heading west again. every one has their own way to pass the time. of course food is also important on such a long trip and it's served at their seats, like everywhere in the country. the national dish peel off is on the menu. rice with carrots and meat cooked on

a cold stove. off down know the sun in the stove, push the temperature in here up like a 60 degrees celsius. it's really hard to cook and such. heat was big cuisine is full of meat here, mutton goes with everything we're fairly fashioned over the guests, mainly want to eat peel off. we'll meet skews and god willing i'll have enough to satisfy them. all piled up with the train is now entering the next famous city who horror the oasis of blue horror is said to have been inhabited as early as 500 b. c. it was once famously rich, and one of the most important stops on the silk road.

bu hara lies some 2800 kilometers northeast of jerusalem. yet it's home to one of the oldest jew communities in the wo. danielle nuts itself, son of the old rabbi, is a watchmaker. here in blue hora. he's rented one square meter from a small travel agency to carry out his business where photonics imaged very much sarah, boy, that we've been watchmakers for generations. my grand father, my father, my brother's me and also my son. when my grandfather lived here, the jewish community was huge. so my so thank god, but as time went by, it became smaller and smaller damian, when a woman shall from in the shop every day it's

6 o'clock shop. the 53 year old closes his stool and heads hon. the 1st jews from this ancient community. a said to have settled here after the babylonian captivity around $500.00 b. c. even 100 years ago, the jewish community contained more than 25000 members. to day daniel and his wife, new book, and about 150 others make up the last jews in the city. hey to. well, how was your day? how was yours was quite good at nation would a she only meet him with the sheer nation and the same way the, our future like that of our children,

mice in israel. what kind of life would that be alone without our children? we have to go with a and our grandchildren are even though will be very sad to leave this wonderful house behind movement though i sto dead after her father in law. the old rabbi died. the 49 year old and her husband took care of the synagogue just across the street. to day community members are preparing a memorial service for the dead. i go suing up, i mean can, my is equally. we want to remember my mother in law today. her name was anovia, maria, and she died in the usa at the age of 19 and was buried that like every year we held this memorial day here in harrow. now, we have to dive a community member has agreed to read and it will all be streamed live for relatives in the u. s. he is the has on the can tool and has no training

of everyone around these table wants to leave the country in the next few years, mainly for economic reasons for israel or the u. s. magnolia, there they can easily get a residence permit roseville. hello, hold you yesterday evening. if i leave hara, i won't forget our traditions. i carry them deep in my heart and i will continue to live the life of a book. what are jew everywhere? it is simply in me and i will pass on everything i know to my children and, and children of his own same debt. i it seems that the 2500 year old history of the book are a jews, is about to come to an end, a religion that was indigenous. he if a over 1000 years before islam came

by the early hours of the morning, the silk road express has reached the edge of the castle. come was becky's dance. great desert i'm either not all the thoughts of allah get spell out of it. my father used to tell me how hard the work was, especially on long distance trips in the sun, shone so strongly on the metal roof of the locomotive that it became unbearably hot for the driver to get it on out. today, it looks completely different. the driver's cab is comfortable and we even have air conditioning. so it's also to me unfortunately for those in the carriages, there's no air conditioning. every one tries to cool down in their own way.

despite the heat, the most important thing in every was big train. conte remains the tea kettle for people, hot tea on a hot dice the most normal thing in the world. john, i've already taken off my shirt because of the heat with a good working ventilation system. it would be more bearable here, but one will still applies. if you drink cold water, you sweat more. if you drink hot tea, you sweat. bless. i think. cuz ill cool means red sand. the enormous desert stretches from the curriculum desert in took, menaced on through was pakistan to kazakhstan. originally, the desert was populated only by no mads, but was settled in soviet times. borders are unfamiliar to its inhabitants. so the

l e r o family, originally from kazakhstan, has been living on, was big territory for decades. father columbine has decided that today should be a special day for his 13 year old daughter that ask or not cause a lab bowen at. and she has all the god willing, i want to teach my daughter how to milk hamilton. today. she has to be able to stand on one leg and found the bucket with the other. we have 6 ammo, math and then not lazy to mil picked the 11th however bad in that alice and i'm looking forward to the milking and will give up my o. okay, good. mm. but before that the dishes have to be washed and that's the work of nausea and her youngest sister.

ah, and how can i this is active and happy to help in the kitchen, but now i enjoy working with the camel's chisola that atlas but unfortunately the camels, which are left to run free, alone there. oh, and the father can't see them anywhere. the eldest son, callum joan, is supposed to search for them. but before that, a refreshing bowl of camel milk. then off to find papa's motorcycle. ah, both .

today's also a good day for cullum, john, because normally his father wouldn't let him use the motorcycle. i kept up the desert, his pig, and there's no trace of the camels, but with god's help, i will find them longer. ah, ah, camels have a good sense of direction and always find their way home. but when no one knows. luckily, cullum, john has a good nose and discovers them grazing on some desert grass. gyla darling, i really found them. i can drive them home. remember,

got done with my sister will be so happy. talk what i was and everything would be fine. o. cullum jones has an unusual but effective driving technique. every one is ready and waiting. the milking can finally start. ah, i am getting a game, but the 1st thing we need is a cough to drink from the mother and the teat swell. and you can milk them. look how nicely the milk comes out. oh, how many? ah, mother, felicia has years of experience, but nas yucca is anxious. but now i'm scared.

i hope to camels won't kick me. don't worry. you don't have to be afraid. standing on one leg is not so easy. ah, but then somehow it all works. mm. the 1st bucket is fine. leaf, food. cit. the all. and again, most of the time we sell the milk at the market, except that when we are invited some way, for example, to a wedding block, we also like to bring the milk is a wedding gift toy are so odd that go out with these camels to

still have to be milked to day full della i think i now understand how it all would come to something didn't get it. now i can help my mother with the milking bus stop, like the said it in and she still has 5 more camels ahead of her today. ah, in the blistering heat, the train crosses the biggest river of was pakistan. the imo daria inside. every one is exhausted and the on board restaurant has already closed on that i think the after i've cleaned everything up now it's back to square one for the return trip. again,

i'll prepare fresh p laugh beef steaks must yvonne naples so that our guests have something to eat. sometimes passengers have extra requests, and i tried to fulfill those as well. for the 35 year old train driver, the shift is also slowly coming to an end gimme one. again, 2 yolanda. i got married in 2012 and had a son. he's in the 3rd grade and loves everything about trains. he's constantly playing with his little diesel and steam locomotives lateral. when i come home, he always asks dad, where have you been? how was your trip? he's just interested in everything. if he becomes a trained driver, some day back would make me very proud as well. so wasn't fucking love, you know, the silk road express has almost reached its destination. new crews,

the former gateway to the r l. c. a little further north, once lay the world's both launches in land lake. starting in the 1960s its tributaries were cut off to irrigate large cotton fields to day it's coast is just a rock facing the desert. not far away, the foam, a port city of moines up. back in the 1980s. it was still located on a peninsula surrounded by water. most of the people he is survived by fishing. today, their boats lie in the desert, sand near the foam, a harbor. erosion of the sand is now the main problem in the region. a few years ago, a launch project was started with the aim to make the desert green shock re is studying environmental science in touch kent. and he's one of the 1st to witness the projects success. hello. you've led of mia?

yes, that's me. led him is do you have leads a conservation effort here? you do not. laura's go motor, but it really goes on. will you do? i'm going to take you to the bottom of the i'll see us before that we can see the plans for yourself because i've heard and read a lot about your program. now i'm very curious to see what it looks like. in the early 1916, the r l c was about the size of bavaria. everything that's now called our outcome or our al desert was covered with water to the right of the path. the 1st results of the planting project are already visible.

the water will not return. the hope now is to bring the constant sandstorms under control. london, i can hardly imagine that 30 years ago this place was deep at the bottom of the lake. could a day people just walk around here? unimaginable good can sure crease. grandmother herself, comes from marina new shackleton mother there. now, i'm 21 years old. and when i was born, the water, he had already disappeared. now with the plans, we can at least stop the sand from a routing measured am quoted. you can always do something. that's why i'm so interested in ecology. the roots of the bushes reached deep into

the earth and provide support to fall. where did the bushes come from and how do you plant them? well, what famished if the whole issue that you're local citizens all over the country collect easier from ago, but so many so good. she'll go. yes. when you struck the record i as in distributed either by trotter or even from an aeroplane over the desert. i yeah, it's a palmer good. which room for a little to see middle only a tiny part of the or i'll see basin has been planted. it seems to be working, which gives the people here hope to buy your product. let's go. i'll show you the best part about the water of the arrow. i see a puddle compared to its former

glory. but still impressive. leather me as father is still a fisherman and he himself has a very special connection to the water. come on my going, swimming. a water buffalo? yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, not me. oh, garage grandma are all see it via him. is your son vladin it that i put a cartridge with her? whenever i am here, my heart tells me it has to go into the water. but the motor, somewhere my whole life is connected with this water odum, this sky and this f. more yes, there you are physically. i love being yet because nobody knows how long we lost

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