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d. w. ah, ah, endless deserts and deep gorges along the old silk road. we travel by train through a mysterious country was pakistan. ah, the former soviet republic is a country offering both $1001.00 nights and communist style prefabricated hines, 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. uh huh. who, j. u dash f checks everything. once again said that the train can leave on time at 8 am. my son is going to so ross lincoln nozzle, glove, even as a child i dreamed of becoming a trained driver because my father was one that 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 after the rail road is still a lifeline for his biggest on and it's 33000000 inhabitants. it takes about 20 hours to go from tosh. kent across the country to the east, to the former shores of the arrow, see the road network. his poor in his back is 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 bu her up and across the desert to the almost dried up our aisle. seat

water is the greatest treasure of this dry country. in the 1970s, several dams were built on the slopes of the t. n 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 stop 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 me to this daycare in 1954 currently at now nobody is left. she'll filler spot. so yes, go as a user, when the soviet union collapsed and the mine was closed off, there was normal work and almost every one that is a busy witness, the year will arrive both it near boulevard. ah, things are lonely in yonah, 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 of which 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 till after 3 years the teacher told my parents, i shouldn't come anymore because i had no chance of becoming a musician. i think it was for me, i was incredibly happy with this statement. yeah, will be spanish that are 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 you know it will 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 saw he about and perhaps adopted her obese yes, venue my 0 food fishes from lots of our garbage. a i started focusing in 2017 and i've been on the national team since 2019. how much money i'm at home. and the other 2 weeks i trained. 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.

it was there is through it. i bought orchard wishes to a good. originally. we only trained men here, but for 6 years we've been preparing girls for competitions as well. we built them through the past on this and the regimen needs 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, my big step. one is nice. well doesn't bother. now he to nice bone of soup or snuff creature. i am very off tame sake. but my will to achieve something in boxing is simply great. as of new, i've no washing pretty other from it's so nice to have you because we miss our own chunky. che budgeting mara, sons. like so many others 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 it rosanna, thousands of years ago, caravans travelled along the banks of bizarre 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 today, 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

register to wear a uniform. it was a dream from our childhood. and how the opening new department, truthful 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 want one thing above old. a photo with the twins in uniform. the fearful as fair 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 summer con mazin abdul ghani, caused the faithful to prayer with the large tune lies within the twins precinct all in it. 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 oil will be easy. ah, if some travel se have finance, eliza is terese will may work together with during

soviet times the 11 mausoleums were left to decay. but recently they've undergone extensive restoration let all the new songs stuff in the kitchen and all that. and the old owl and the past life as a devout muslim, was very difficult. there were only a few masks in which one could pray. there was hardly any possibility to train is a museum monopoly. today there are 2000 masks in respect. you stand up and new ones are still being built. really cool is rosalyn from a kind of in those raised every muslim can once again, freely and openly practice their beliefs. and i also love that a few others that are fond of the machine of do gunny is also responsible for the care of the tombs. the most

important place in the complex, the 2 of us who is said to have brought islam to some i can't shut off this am 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 . asa, this is a holy place because our boss who lives here was the prophets cousins along. i'm like another a bus to or that the phones with each evening in some a kind. the police twins fatima and zapora have been invited to their grandmother's house for a small family celebration. ah, now with much 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 because they hadn't said to lie on their own life. and now we tried to be to show 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 western most foothills of the himalayas. here over

millions of years, the deepest caves in the world were formed. speedily ologist bloody me a dulcie and puzzled bear are on their way to uncover a great secret. but then i can see it either way or the fisher. i know it's 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 or it's along but the route his loan and difficult. ah . after 18 hours on bumpy roads in an old terrain vehicle, they can continue only by foot. sorta yes and and so again with his 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 sunday mustache. i get this and to morrow morning. it all begins. heading down into this canyon. aah! vladimir and pavel have been working together for 8 years now, and i've explored many caves. right? the fellow bravo. somewhere to show where you go. go. but i've narrowed elizabeth's a beach by kip. this is the simplest and cheapest food. there is the of the classic student food school plan here in the mountains. it's very convenient because it's so easy to prepare for it. okay. 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. mo cave begins. all of us are thought to shift with us with some civil docket plant. 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. 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 over. inside the cave it will be very cold. so we need to dress warmly what 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 delivery. ah, even though it's really hot outside, inside the temperature drops quickly into the single digits.

oh my business correctly does that picture of the top of my bridge? it looks like left of is here. take a look at this. i don't think so. let's go no longer there. all right, that's got no more daylight reaches this part of the cave. the explorers find themselves in total darkness. south 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 in timor's time all about with and if it exists, we'll find it. i don't with order simo ruled an enormous empire in the 14th century from present a india to turkey. his victorious campaigns are said to have begun from this cave

look for though and above, there's a small waterfall there. yes, the water is collecting down that grinding noise from the 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 it was worth my request to liberty, there was definitely hold food here. how old it is, however, is difficult to say. trespass mountain place. after 5 hours in the cave, they stopped their way back. i found a small reservoir, so there is water here, bags 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 lecoq. 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 and the stove, push the temperature in here up to 60 degrees celsius. it's really hard to cook and such heat was baked. cuisine is full of mate here. mutton goes with everything 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. bo hara, the oasis of bu 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.

boot her allies some 2800 kilometers northeast of jerusalem. yet it's home to one of the oldest ju communities in the world. 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 potomac's image so much, sarah, boy, that we've been watchmakers for generations. my grandfather, my father, my brother's me and also my son. when my grandfather lived here, the jewish community was huge. sir marcella, thank god, but as time went by, it became smaller and smaller and amy than when a woman shall film in the shop. every day at

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 bob, and about 150 others make out the last juice in the city. okay, well, how was your day? how was yours? it was quite good at her not have with the she only meet him militia, nasha, and the same way the, our future, like that of our children lies in israel. what 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 leudemann though i stopped dead. aah! 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 to any of my medical my. it's eagerly. we want to remember my mother in law today. her name was anovia, maria, and she died in the u. s. a. at the age of 90 and was buried back to my car every year we held this memorial day here in her own out. maria, who died of 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 cancel and has no training. look, every one around these table wants to leave the country in the next few years, mainly for economic reasons. for israel or the u. s. very nice there they can easily get a residence per miss rose. oh hello, hold you yesterday for even 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 at his own same did 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 here for 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 either all the lots of americans fell out of it. my father used to tell me how hard the work was, especially on long distance trips him under the sun, shone so strongly on the metal roof of the locomotive that it became unbearably hot for the driver to get one out. today, it looks completely different. the driver's cab is comfortable and we even have air conditioning. tons of folks give us up to me. unfortunately, for those in the carriages, there is no air conditioning. every one tries to cool down in their own way.

despite the heat, the most important thing in every goose baked, trained con, 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 the 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 less. i think it is. cuz ill cool means red sand. the enormous desert stretches from the curriculum desert in took, menaced on through was biggest on to kazakhstan. originally the days it was populated only by no mads,

but was settled in soviet times. borders are unfamiliar to its inhabitants. so the l d r o family. originally from kazakhstan, has been living on, was big territory the decades your father columbine has decided that today should be a special day for his 13 year old daughter that ask or not cause a law bowen. and she has all the god willing, i want to teach my daughter how to milt hamilton. today, she has to be able to stand on one leg and found the bucket with the other. but we have 6 tamela mess and then not lucy, to mil, to lift the elevator. how and bad it im that alice and i'm looking forward to the milking and will give up my own. okay. but before that the dishes have to be washed and that's the work of nausea and her youngest sister.

ah, now can i? this is out that of i'm happy to help in the kitchen, but now i enjoy working with the camels. i love that out with. 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. with

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 gold tell, 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, call him john has a good nose and discovers them grazing on some desert grass. gyla doll dick, i really found them. i can drive them home. 3 miller got down to the forest. my

sister will be so happy talk what i was and everything will be fine. o. cullum jone has an unusual but effective driving technique. every one is ready and waiting. the milking can finally start. ah, i'll let you get 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 nausea 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 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 somewhere, for example, to a wedding block, we also like to bring the milk is a wedding gift. toy are so proud that go out with these camels to

still have to be milked to day full della i think i now understand how dull would cover something didn't get it. now i can help my mother with the milking for something like to fit it in and she still has 5 more camels ahead of her today. 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 that 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 stakes,

master van 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. here when you can see of love though, 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. 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. his was that wasn't foxglove, 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 vladimir. yes,

that's me. led him is do you have leads a conservation effort here? you do not lawrenceville motor the wood is when you click on new video, i'm going to take you to the bottom of the al series. before that you can see the plans for yourself because i've heard in red lodge a bachelor 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 o r l does. it 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 controlled love. i can hardly imagine that 30 years ago this place was deep at the bottom of the lake. good day people just walk around here. unimaginable good can sure crees, grandmother herself, comes from marina new jersey in mother there. met. 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 measure them causative. 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 follow. where did the bushes come from and how do you plant them? well, what image of the home usual, fletcher took all citizens all over the country, collect you, celia, promulgate, but so many. so good. see yoga is from your doctor because they are then distributed either by trotter or even from an aeroplane, over the desert, or to promulgate which room for a little to see with 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. but with 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 by water butler. yeah. yeah. yeah. no, no, not me. oh, garage grimwood n o r. i'll see it via him. is your son vladin it got 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 in the sky. this earth. we're yes, the you are physically. i love being yet because nobody knows how long we lost

remains of the sea will exist storage for the next door. despite he's moving words, he can't persuade chetry 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, they're always with us. everywhere we go, our smartphone. but for how much longer technology experts

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