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leave journey this week on d. w. ah ah endless deserts and deep gorges along the old silk road, we travel by train through a mysterious country whose back histone ah, the former soviet republic is a country offering both 1001 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 bakers don 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 criss 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. uh huh. who j. u dash f checks everything once again, so that the train can leave on time at 8 am. lesson is called a so rustling in the halls of love, even as a child. i dreamed of becoming a trained driver because my father was one. but he drove old soviet machines that the working conditions were really tough. back then over today, everything is much better and more comfortable. although you also get him on

a salary asset. the rail road is still a lifeline for his biggest 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 is poor in his back. it's 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 summer comes along the he saw mountains and further to pull her up and across the desert to the almost dried up or i'll see

water is the greatest treasure of this dry country. in the 1970 several dams were built on the slopes of the t, an sion mountains which still fulfill 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 city, was 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, don't the daycare. what is 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 you to this daycare in 1954 currently at now nobody is left. she'll fill spots. so yes, go say user. when the soviet union collapsed and the mine was closed off, there was normal walk and almost every one that is a busy witness. the year will arrive both it near boulevard with things a lonely and young. 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 wheelchair you. it is called a 3 gordon of the piano. when i was a child, i took piano lessons here, but i will tell you after 3 years the teacher told my parents, so i shouldn't come any more than you because i had no chance of becoming a musician. he kinda bullshit me. i was incredibly happy with this statement. yeah . well is, 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 at the blue cheese soup? will it taste good? of course. yeah, you know it, well, i can't remember if there's new life

been young, but again the olympic boxing team is training here in the pleasant mountain and larissa and merit have befriended young. so he beth and perhaps adopted her obese yes. venue my cell phone. vicious amounts to val gordon a. i started focusing in 2017 and i've been on the national team since 2019 half of the month. i am 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. ah,

it was dearest road, 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, developed them through the past on as years. 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 a house that's

the day. oh, he greetings my big stuff on his neither dawson god, i know he to nice bone of c. k is not a creature. i am very off tame sake, but my will to achieve something in boxing is simply great. as a new i've no washing priyanka, so it's so nice to have you because we miss our own chelsea chain budget mara, sons. like so many others. you have long since left keania 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 with all of that in 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 icons 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 slamming whoa was pakistan is considered a police state. and recently even has special police for tourists, twins fatima and zapora. we're actually english teachers before they joined the police. they beat the register

to wear a uniform. it was a dream from our childhood. and how the opening new department res full is apartment. we were the 1st time to work here. so i thought it's me and i to why my sister's with me with patrolling isn't that easy for the 2 of them? because the tourists won't one thing above old. a photo with the twins in uniform. the people as facility ne dares wanted to take a picture. and lastly, girls, they wanted to be a like fall, listening 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 summer cons mazin up to gunny, caused the faithful to prayer with the large tomb lies within the twins precincts, all in it because we've worked in this a place historical place. and when we have them a nice no lation shame, i say a relationship, then i walk. oh, well the easy ah, if sound travel say it happened. it was a tourist when they worked together with during

soviet times the 11 mausoleums were left to decay. but recently they've undergone extensive restoration. not all the data was we some stuff in the kitchen. alden and the old owl, and the past life is 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 respect. you stand up and new ones are still being built really curious, rosalyn. okay, kelvin. those raised every muslim to once again, freely and openly practiced their beliefs. and i was all love that if yours that are fond of the machine of do, ghani is also responsible for the care of the tunes. the most important place in

the complex the tomb of abbas, who is said to have brought islam to summer, can't shut off this and what other chunky woo module i've got a little joy for me. it is always a deep feeling of gratitude that i am given the honor of serving here in law to us . also. this is a holy place because our boss who lives here was the prophets cousin belong. am i can lift up bus to all that the phones with its evening in summer canned. the police twins fatima and zapora have been invited to their grandmother's house for a small family celebration. ah, no matter how much ada medicine i am so proud of my 2 granddaughters. even when i was young, it was unthinkable for

a woman to wear uniforms. i think of the twins each have one daughter that are divorced and live independently. our parents gave us a really nice life and because they hadn't said to lie on their own life. and now we tried to be to show our basses for what 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 western most foothills of the himalayas. here over

millions of years, the deepest caves in the world were formed. speedily ologist vladimir, dulcie and puzzled bear are on their way to uncover a great secret. but that i can see it more than way you're there for several minutes and what we want to go to the, to more in cave, to investigate legend has it that t more hid there with his entire army. we want to find out if this was actually possible or it's a lot of but the root, his loan and difficult ah . after 18 hours on bumpy roads in an old terrain vehicle, they can continue only by foot. i saw that you had it so then when his father,

the trip 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 in the senate. besides, i get this and to morrow morning. it all begins heading down into this canyon. ah, vladimir and pavel have been working together for 8 years now and of explode. many caves, the fellow brought by somebody to show you the goblet of narrows elizabeth's a beach by kip. this is the simplest and cheapest food. there is if the classic student food here in the mountains, it's very convenient because it's so easy to prepare the food and the doctor 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, bez and leopard still live here at 6 in the morning. the march to the t more cave begins. all of us. our thoughts just moved us with some civil docket, but we have to go down here and then along the river through the gorge and then back up again above the cave must be behind there somewhere. very far down the steep cliffs. we go into the canyon coves, the color, cher hon, the lion fortress,

the cave has 2 entrances. the explorers decide to take the smaller one. be sure to that one above. inside the cade, it will be very cold. so we need to dress warmly. 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 dody even though it's really hot outside, inside the temperature drops quickly into the single digits. mm hm.

oh my business correctly. does that picture of it? just my project looks like left of is here. take a look at this. i don't think so. let's go no longer the. all right, that's got no mo, daylight reaches this part of the cave. the explorers find themselves in total darkness . was just that i said, and 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. 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 it above. there's a small waterfall there. yes, the water is collecting down there. craig news from drinking water for tea more good but was water alone enough to keep hundreds of soldiers and maybe even their horses alive? when ashley cost, if i was more than i because to liberty, there was definitely old food. how old it is, however, is difficult to say as much more than face after 5 hours in the cave, they stopped 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 sheltered fellow, can you show, 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 mate cooked on

a cold stove. aust, i'm know the sun on the stove, push the temperature in here up to 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 or meat 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 whoa. daniel nuts itself, son of the old rabbi, is a watchmaker. here in bo hora. he's rented one square meter from a small travel agency to carry out his business where baton sandwich so much sarah boy, that we've been watchmakers for generations. my grandfather, my father, my brothers, 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 than me. then when a woman shall so many sheldon 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, you love, and about 150 others make up the last juice in the city. well, how was your day? how was yours? was quite good. tell nation with the she only meet him militia, national, and the same way the our future like that of our children lies in israel. b o kind

of life. would that be alone? without our children? we have to go with a and our grandchildren. ok. even though it will be very sad to leave this wonderful house behind look, man though i ah, 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 or go doing it by linking my as eagerly. we want to amend them my mother in law today. her name was anovia, maria, and she died in the usa at the age of 19 and was buried back. like every year we held this memorial day here in harrow. now that we ran, 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 hmos, ohio hot weather yesterday. even if i leave bo 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 grandchildren repeated l. swaim did i know 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 here for over 1000 years before islam came

by the early hours of the morning the seal road express has reached the edge of the castle. come was becky's dance. great. desert ah, i'm into it all. the loss 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 pick it up. today, it looks completely different. the driver's cab is comfortable and we even have air conditioning. give us up to me. unfortunately, for those in the carriages, there is no air conditioning. everyone tries to cool down in their own way.

despite the heat, the most important thing in every ooze bake train. com remains the tea kettle for our 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 use what? bless, id. 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 days it was populated only by no mats,

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 back territory the decades. ah, father columbine has decided that today should be a special day for his 13 year old daughter. ask or not cause a lab over. at she saw 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 hammer mares and then not easy to mil picked the 11th. how and bad it did that, alice and i'm looking forward to the milking and will give up my o. okay, good. mm hm. but before that the dishes have to be washed and that's the work of nausea and her youngest sister.

in law can make this is active and happy to help in the kitchen, but now i enjoy working with the camels. yes, i love that atlas, but unfortunately the camels, which are left to run free and 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

ah, today is also a good day for carl him, john. because normally his father wouldn't let him use the motorcycle i should kept out of the desert, his pig, and there's no trace of the camels. but with god's help, i will find them along. 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. sheila doll, i really found. well,

i can try some hungry miller got on with us. all my sister will be so happy, so glad i was and everything would be fine. oh, cullum, joan has an unusual but effective driving technique. ah ah, ah. 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 calf to drink from the mother and the teeth swell. and you can milk them. look how nicely the milk comes out, but oh, how many? ah, mother felicia has years of experience, but nas yucca is anxious. but now i'm scared

out to campbells like kick me. oh, 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 hm. the 1st bucket is fine leaf booth said the i'll and i give 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. well, i suck products all. i was also had

a these camels to still have to be milked today. windella, i think i now understand how it all would cover that didn't get it. now i can help my mother with the milking a supplement to fit 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 a little 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 the tall 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 to me when it gets, you know, 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 out there? 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 foam,

a gateway to the r l. c. a little further north. once lay the world's 4th largest inland 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 minnock. back in the 1980s, it was still located on the peninsula, surrounded by water. most of the people he is survived by fishing. today their boats lie in the desert sand near the fall maha. 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 project success. hello. you've leaded mia?

yes, that's me. led him is who? yes, leads a conservation effort here. you didn't neglect go motor, but it really goes on will you do? i'm going to take you to the bottom of the or 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. how

the water will not return. the hope now is to bring the constant sandstorms under control. loudon, 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 my neck. new jostled mother there. now i'm 21 years old. 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 image did the whole issue that you're taco citizens all over the country? it's lucky celia palmer good. but when, when you 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 were to promulgate with room for a little to simon. only a tiny part of the are i'll see. basin has been planted. it seems to be working, which gives the people here. hope you've heard it. 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. flooded 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 no more than an hour. i'll see it via him as your son vladin in that i put it curtis with her whenever i am here, my heart tells me has to go into the water. but the most her somewhere my whole life is connected with this water. hold him the sky. this earth we're yes, the you are for the similar but i love being yet because nobody knows how long we

lost minds of the sea will exist worse than ever. despite his moving words, he can't persuade jeffrey to join him from the remains of the earl, see across dusty deserts, to the green highlands of the he saw mountains was pakistan, a land of extremes ah, who india 0 waste freak is as robust as concrete and consists of trash, foundry dust is the main recycled material away. ready product from muscle

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