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shattering the glass ceiling, women in architecture starts april 20th 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.

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 back, his 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. 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 hmo, who j. u dash f checks everything. once again, so that the train can leave on time at a t. m. last quarter. 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. oh yeah. also get him on a salary after the

rail road is still a lifeline for his pakistan and it's 33000000 inhabitants. it takes about 20 hours to go from touch kins, across the country to the east, to the former shores of the arrow, see the road network, his poor in his back. histone 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 or i'll see

water is the greatest treasure if this dry country in the 1970 several dans were built on the slopes of the t and shun mountains which still fulfilled tashkent. water needs to day but there is 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 any cave? who was one of the 1st people born here 67 years ago. every morning he makes his rounds bursts, don't the day care for this. that same lee at nasa was without no message for me. yeah. i was only one month old when my parents brought me to this daycare in 1954 currently at now. nobody is left. she'll phyllis. but serious go say usa. when the soviet union collapsed, the mine was closed for us. that was normal walk and almost every one that is a busy witness, the year will or i bought it near boulevard. ah, things are 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 or both of which are you with is called a 3 gordon. the fun to be on when i was a child. i took piano lessons here, but i will tell you after 3 years the teacher told my parents i shouldn't come anymore because i had no chance of becoming a musician or you can watch. i mean, i was incredibly happy with this statement. yeah, well is finished up as a more of the 5 years ago merits got married for the 2nd time to his childhood sweetheart larissa. she said, what are we having? stay at the blue cheese soup? will it taste good? of course you know it, well, i can't remember. there's new life in yun yo about again. the olympic boxing team is training here in the

pleasant mountain air. larissa and merit have befriended young saw he about and perhaps adopted her obese yes. venue my volkswagen fisher from lots of our garbage. a. i started boxing 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 mischief. ah 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.

was there is through it, albert tortured that she saw a book. originally, we only trained men here, but for 6 years we've been preparing girls for competitions as well as if you help them through the past on this. and the regimen is 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 the gallows metal ah, the training in young your bud is exhausting. so it's nice to have a surrogate family like the one so he by has oh, he greetings, my big stuff on his eyes. well doesn't bother. now it's

a 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 of them. it's so nice to have you because we miss our own chunky che budgeted mara sons like so many others. you have long since left keania, but 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. but rosanna,

thousands of years ago caravans travelled 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 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 for us 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 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 sisters with me patrolling isn't that easy for the 2 of them? because the tourists want one thing above all, a photo with the twins in uniform, the fearful as special a 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. can mazin of do gunny, caused the faithful to prayer with the launch tomb lies within the twins precincts all in it because we've worked in this a place historical place and when we have a nicer relationship and i say a relationship, then i walk oil will be easy, ah, if some travel se, alyssa is theresa when they work together ah, during soviet times the 11 mausoleums were left to decay. but recently they've

undergone extensive restoration. let all the letter was used on star for the kitchen and all 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 is a museum monopoly. today there are 2000 mosques in new spec. you stand up and new ones are still being built in the curious rosalyn. okay. kind of in those raised every muslim can, once again, freely and openly practice their beliefs. and i also 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, to move a bus who is said to have brought islam to summer. i can't shut

off this. am what other chunky woo, my jamal. good will the joy for me. it is always a deep feeling of gratitude than 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 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 mother was calling in an hour my change of medicine. i am so proud of my 2 granddaughters, even when i was young, it was unthinkable for a woman to wear uniforms. commit the twins each have one daughter that are

divorced and live independently. our parents gave us a really nice life because they hadn't felt like on their own life. and now we tried to be to show our values 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 bloody me a dulcie and puzzled bear are on their way to uncover a great secret. but then i can see it morgan way or the fisher. i know it's and what we want to go to the, to more in cave, to investigate legend has it that he more hid there with his entire army. we want to find out if this was actually possible or it's a lot on 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. we saw that a 100 so and then when sale's 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, last night 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 i've explored many cade's. right? 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 school plan here in the mountains, it's very convenient because it's so easy to prepare to get through to my 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 bears 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, bruce from civil docket, but 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 it, i will napoleon inside the cave that will be very cold. so we need to dress warmly when we will try to explore as much of the cave as possible if you wish 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 even though it's really hot outside, inside the temperature drops quickly into the single digits.

oh my business vicki duffy trophies just wanted to check the group looks like left of his here. take a look at this. i don't think so. let's go note on here though. 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 to 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 in timor's time on the ball with and if it exists, we'll find it. i know my daughter seymour 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 it above, there's a small waterfall there. yes, the water is collecting down there. 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 or not? because if i was more than i have a course to liberty, there was definitely hold food. how old it is, however, is difficult to say. trespass modern place. after 5 hours in the cave, they start their way back. why not? when 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. so can you show, ah,

still, there's not enough evidence to say whether timor was here. it still remains a mystery luck. they'll come back to explore tea more in cave further 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 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. don't know,

the sun and the stove pushed 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. ah, the train is now entering the next famous city who horror 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. ah,

blue hora lies some 2800 columbus is northeast of jerusalem. yet it's home to one of the oldest jewish communities in the world. daniel, 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 baton sandwich so much syrup, 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 it's like that, but as time went by, it became smaller and smaller. i mean, when a woman shall film 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. today, daniel and his wife, you bob, and about 150 others make up the last juice in the city. well, how was your day? how was yours with quite good? at her nationwide the she only meet him with the sheer national and the team with our future like that of our children, live 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 leudemann though as though 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 or go to any up. i mean, can my ethically, 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 back 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 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 roseville. hello quote. we handle this like 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. her jew everywhere. it is simply in me and i will pass on everything i know to my children and grandchildren repeated l same dick. it seems that the 2500 year old history of the book, ira 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 at all the loss of allah get no 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 one. i think, to day it looks completely different. the driver's cap is comfortable and we even have air conditioning, thomas, so 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 ooze. big train car remains the tea kettle for people. hot tea on a hot day's 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 id. cuz ill cool means red sand, the enormous desert stretches from the curriculum desert in took, menaced on through was breakfast on to kazakhstan. originally, the desert 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 big territory. the decades blue father columbine has decided that today should be a special day for his 13 year old daughter that oscar law cousin lab helen at. and she saw that he had got 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, mass, novelty to mill. she looked at 11. how addon bat it is to him 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.

in law can like this is out that of i'm happy to help in the kitchen, but now i enjoy working with the camels chairs. i love that as well, but unfortunately the camels, which are left to run free and there. oh, and the father can't see them anywhere. the eldest son, cullen john, 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 cullum,

john. because normally his father wouldn't let him use the motorcycle just kept up the desert, his pig, and there's no trace of the camels. but with god's hell, 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. gyla doll dick, i really found glow. i can try some hungry miller got on with us. all my system will be so happy. so glad i was. and everything would be fine.

oh, cullum, john 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 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 a mother alisha has years of experience. but nausea is anxious, but now i'm scared out to campbells won't 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 full. set the aisle and i guess 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. 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 something. didn't get it. now i can help my mother with the milking but like to send 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 m. o 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 have on equals. 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 trained driver, the shift is also slowly coming to an end to me or when he 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. 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. was it wasn't fact 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 4th largest inland lake. starting in the 19 sixty's, its tributaries were cut off to irrigate. lodge 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 is one of the 1st to witness the project success. hello, you've vladimir. yes,

that's me. let him is who? yes, leads a conservation effort here. you know, gloria is 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 19 sixties. 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 planning project are already visible. ah,

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. good day. people just walk around here. unimaginable good can shock crease. grandmother herself comes from marina, new jersey in mother there, mate, 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 got it. 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 foil, where did the bushes come from and how do you plant them? well, what image of the whole issue that you're taco citizens all over the country to let you sleep and we're good. 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 area 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 grandma are all see here is your son vladin that i put a garage over whenever i am here. my home tells me has to go into the water, but almost a semi as my whole life is connected with this water in the sky. and this earth mover, yes, there you are familiar where to me i love being here because nobody knows how long the last remains of the sea will exist,

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