by Jon Faine, 10 November 2008
After navigating Mongolia, Jon Faine wows the locals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with his chicken impersonations.
Mongolia seems a long time ago. We managed to navigate our way across the roadless deserts of western Mongolia, through the river beds that masquerade as highways in the mountains of central Mongolia and to Hovd in the Kazahk west of Mongolia. An almost impassable mountain road to China took us across to Urumqi via a few nights in a brothel (www.MelbourneToLondon.com)... and on to Kashgar. This fabled Silk Road city, more Muslim than China can imagine, is the gateway to the Central Asian republics that used... More...