Jinji Sadan

Cycling out of the desert was something that I really wanted and needed to do, it’s about time to see some green fields and interesting faces to meet and not only camels or truck drivers.

I just wanted to get to the city of Samarkand that many people told me about her beautiful sites and atmosphere so we (me and Chris from Sweden) push ourselves and did 270 km in one day and a half… I didn’t enjoy it but sometimes you need to do that and also the visa start to tight my schedule.

When we enter the city to the old part it was like cycling inside the movie Aladdin…

he needed a special rug to fly but we can do thank also with a bike and emuna(faith in Hebrew)

Aladdin on a bike

amazing and big  buildings that kept really good and I understood quickly what everyone was talking about we went fast to find a place to stay and rest before the games of the world cup is starting.

Really tired I needed to take a train to the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, there I have to do the visas to the future (Tajikistan, kirgistan and china) and it takes time and energy.

I was happy to be invited by my embassy to do a lecture about my journey, the lecture took place in the ambassador,  Dr. Hillel Newman,with 30 respectful guests and everyone enjoy getting an interesting talk about the journey and about life (and also good food and drink….)

with the ambassador Dr. Hillel Newman and moshe katz

In the middle of the lecture I thought to myself that a week ago I was talking with camels in the desert when it’s 50 or more degrees and now I am talking to people with suits that came to meet the guy that cycling around the world…

It’s always amazing to see where this bicycle (emuna) can take me.

Day after I talked with the media in Tashkent and talked with children in a privet school.

talking with the media

For me to talk with children about my journey it’s very important  and I feel that I am giving something back to this amazing world that give me this opportunity to cycle around him.

You need to keep the balance in life not only taking but also giving.

The question of the children everywhere in the world is more or less the same:

“How you cycling in the ocean”?

“What did you do with the bears in Alaska”?

back to school

They told me that I need to do a children book when I will finish with stories and paintings…

I was hosted by Moshe Katz that is working with embassy.

Moshe gave me a place that I could rest and arrange my toughs (and visas) before going and for me it was nice to talk my language, he also a cyclists that cycle in scotland,new ziland and France so he know what I need and we share some wisdom from the roads..

moshe with Emuna

The world cup final gave me so much happiness, to see my favorite team from my favorite country wining the world cup.

In this day I was Spanish like my good friends in Spain.

Vamoss espania!!!

Finally after a week I got all my visas and was happy that this mountain of biaucrasy (and money) it’s behind me… I thanked Moshe and the guys from the embassy and took the train back to Samarkand and had time to see this amazing city.

That’s a place to see and get lost inside it I am not a city guy and prefer the mountains and nature but this place is something else like a fairy tale.

One of the most beautiful cities that I have been and a good place to chill from the desert.

Soon I will start to cycle again and can’t wait to get to the mountains in Tajikistan.

After the desert I have to climb some mountains.

Keep the balance in life no?

Roei “jinji” sadan

Samarkand

Uzbekistan

Asia

The world

some good photos from this chapter

After crossing the hardest part of the desert I arrived to the city of nukus in middle of nowhere the reward of getting there was to be sick for 3 long days, I got to know 

 After crossing the hardest part of the desert I arrived to the city of nukus in middle of nowhere the reward of getting there was to be sick for 3 long days, I got to know really good the toilet in my room and I felt that I could not eat or drink without rushing to the toilet like a crazy man.

My comfort was that there is TV and the world cup in football so it was nice to see all the games and be a part (as I could) in this amazing time and also was happy that Chris(the guy that cycling with me in the desert) were there to check that I am alive.

My visa to Uzbekistan was for 1month I already been here 2 weeks (the desert+sick days) so I really needed to cycle fast and hope that my stomach will be ok.

hello!

We had some more desert to cross, sand dunes all over but the road was ok in most of the parts so we could also enjoy it, local nomads the live there were welcome us with waving hands and even them took photos of me… it weird to say that but I think that even when I am in a touristy place the locals take more photos of me then I am taking photos of them.

A tourist attraction for the locals…

After 5 long and hard days with 600 km we got to the city of Bukhara and I was excited from this place because all the stories about it from my friends that their parents came from this place.

The old part of the city is something to see and I felt like cycling in a time machine into the old days.

It was nice to rest in this city and enjoys the food and the locals, I was wick after the desert and the sick days and the rushing on the bike because of the stupid visa didn’t help my body needed to recover from all of that.

When I need to rest I don’t want to do nothing only rest read a book seating in a small coffee place and write in my diary even to go to the internet and check my mail taking from me energy but that’s life…

In Bukhara I visited the Jewish parts and to hear from the locals about there relatives that went to Israel.

In the photos you will see better how this amazing place look like…

Wish you all the best and I need to go to rest now.

Roei “jinji”sadan

Bukhara

Uzbekistan

Asia

The world