Around Uchkuduk, Part One

Getting to Uchkuduk in Uzbekistan is a bit of a feat. The small mining town is waay out there, not a place for tourists and not on the way to anything. Let's go!

Big Welcome sign. Uchkuduk is in the middle of the Kyzyl Kum desert. If you're on the road to town, you won't miss the town.

A model city. There's a tiny museum at city hall, more a set of rooms with development accomplishments. A large mural at a school. Studying is for winners!

A sculpture to the past. Life size look at a typical Silk Road-era camel caravan.

Uchkuduk is a low rise, dusty town filled with Soviet-era apartment blocks. And little kiosks painted in curious colors. Plum is in.

Schoolgirl at the mini mart/fabric emporium.