Desolate Zarafshon

The Uzbek town of Zarafshon is way out there. Take a right out of Navoi and keep going through desert by a few hours. No traffic lights!

At least the city knows how to announce itself after an empty, monotonous drive. Big!

Woman walking. The traveling zoo is in town.

Not much to see on the drive. Windmills and walls.

Bus stop with disappeared benches. It's tough out there. Maybe the nearby camels have a taste for wood.

Construction and auto repair, plenty of room for all activities.

Sights And Signs In Navoi

The Navoi city area has a handful of nice statues, murals and signs to see. Take a look.

A big welcome from a billboard outside the Navoi airport. Planes! Trains! Statues! Development!

Going with some literary classics for city statues. Behold Fahad, romantic hero of a poem by Uzbek favorite writer, Alisher Navoi. How about a jug of water? See the Three Sisters, named for the Russian Chekov story.

Mysterious eye in the sky.

From the past, more future signs. Rockets! Dams! Mining! Development! Death from the past, iconic Weeping Mother statue at the war memorial.

Petroglyph guide. Handy sign at Sarmishay Park.