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The 4th cabin passenger

Before Sturla joined us, we travelled with 1 stranger in cabins for 4 people. Normally there would some boring old fart, but this time we were quite lucky. Here travelling onwards to Samarkand.

Før Sturla sluttet seg til gruppen, reiste vi med en fremmed i togkupene for 4 personer. Normalt ville det være en eller annen uinteressant person, men denne gangen var vi iallfall litt heldig. Her på vei til Samarkand.
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The Registan Square

Maybe the single most impressive point on our entire travel, breath taking!

Registan square/”plassen” var trolig det imponerende enestående stoppet på hele turen.
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In pursuit of the best view

To get the best view of the square, we bribed a guard with some small money and we were allowed to go to the top of one of the minarets.

For å de beste oversiktsbildene, matte vi gi noen småpenger til en vakt slik at vi kunne klatre opp i toppen på en av minaretene.
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Sneak peak

Pretty impressive, even on the way up!

Nokså imponerende selv på veien opp!
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Minaret view

Should have had this one in 360, next time..

Luftig utsikt, burde tatt 360 graders bilde men det får være til neste gang.
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Will you NOT?!? sit on my lap?

Morten is rarely rejected by women, but this time he cannot get the shopkeeper to sit on his lap..

Morten blir sjeldent avvist av damer, men denne gangen fikk han ikke butikkinnehaveren til å sitte på fanget sitt..
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Guide for hire

In Samarkand we hired a professional guide, and we took everything seriously like the fact that we were walking on the main avenue of the silk road.

I Samarkand betalte vi for ei proffesjonell guide, og vi tok alt alvorlig som at vi her går på hovedåren til silkeveien, hvilket i sin tid var årsaken til rikdommen her.
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Bibi Khanum Mosque

An interesting detail here is that the gate was originally made smaller than some other Mosque opposite of it, so when the ruler Tamerlane returned from a military campaign, he ordered the gate to be expanded immediately, thus it seems as if there is a gate in the gate.

En interessant detalj ved Bibi Khanum moskeen er at porten opprinnelig var bygd mindre enn en annen eksisterende moske visavi den, så når herskeren Tamerlane kom tilbake fra sitt felttog og så dette, så beordret han straks at porten skulle utvides, dermed ser det ut som om det er en port inni en annen.
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Do you see the fountain?

Just as we were taking photos in a park, a lot of “lense lice” accidently entered the camera view..

Akkurat i det vi skulle ta ett bilde i grønntområde, kom en mengde linselus foran kameraet..
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Mountain climing in the frontier

We go mountain climbing in the border zone between Uzbekistan and Kazakstan, luckily the border patrol does not care to check our visas.

På fot/klatretur i grenseland mellom Uzbekistan og Kazakstan, heldigvis brøy ikke patruljen seg med å sjekke visumene våre.
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