BBCNEWS The Travel Show June 4, 2024 11:41:00
The old silk road from tashkent to bukhara, where we're going, would have been made at the speed of a camel. this rail network is due to be extended next year. but for now, i have to swap my mode of transport to drive six hours through some of the driest and most remote landscape i've ever seen. this has been a long, bumpy ride, but i've been promised it's worth it, and i'm going to see something spectacular very soon. this area is known as the land of fortresses. and they were built to protect traders, going along the silk road, from marauding nomads. ayaz kala is 2,500 years old.