Wet Feet!

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The woman who runs our hotel arranged for a guy she knows to drop us off at a trail head about 30 minutes away. The last mile was slow going on a very bumpy dirt road but we made it and had a beautiful hike in a deep gorge carved out of the mountains by the Mazarsay river. The trail criss crossed over the river several times. At first Buster tried to find creative ways to step across but eventually we both stopped to take off our shoes every time. On the way back we gave up and got our shoes wet. The water was ice cold and knee deep in some places. The weather was beautiful and not too hot (but not chilly luckily for our feet). As we went back towards the parking lot the clouds started gathering and distant thunder started to get a little closer. Uzbekistan is about 95% Muslim and Friday afternoon is when they have their equivalent of a church service. So the timing of when our hike ended meant that we had to wait a little while for the driver. We brought binoculars on the hike and were ready to look for birds but we only saw one (blue whistling thrush - pictured). While we were waiting in the parking lot of a hotel near the trailhead, we saw dozens! The rain got a little closer while we waited but the driver made it before it started.

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