Ayaz Kala Yurt Camp

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References mentioned are from Penelope Price's Uzbek Journeys blog.

Yurt Camp

From Nukus it was another few hours drive  to the Ayaz Kala yurt camp.  Freezing outside.  Win, Steph and I shared a yurt and were warm and snug overnight despite the gaps in the walls of the yurt. 

Dinner in the large yurt and good local music and dancer.  

Amazing stars in the sky overnight

This was on the Khorezm section of the Silk Road.

The next morning we went for a walk up to the 4^th Century BC Ayaz Kala desert fortress above the yurt camp.

Desolate landscape. Salt is visible on the land.   Hard to believe that once it was lush land that grew many crops. 

Reference: Unforgettable Rano Yakubova, Ayaz Qala Yurt Camp http://www.uzbekjourneys.com/2012/12/ayazqala-yurts-rano-yakubov.html

Reference: Khorezm Desert Fortress – free UNESCO download http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/FIELD/Tashkent/pdf/khr_ru_en_preview.pdf