We left early in the morning to avoid the heat and said goodbye to Zara. The ride was also long, about 400km. We had to cross the desert but a new highway was being built. At some point they were even breaking up the newly made road. Something must have been done wrong I guess.

We made a brief stop at a roadside cafe and had some green tea with bread.

The ride was long and it got hot, around 38 degrees. Later we saw some black clouds and we had some drops of rain, which was very welcome to cool us down!

 
Finally we arrived in Bukhara and we headed for the hostel which had been given to us by the manager of the Meros hostel, namely Rustam Zuchra. Again we had a large confortable room. The lady of the hostel was also really friendly. In the hostel we met 4 nice belgian girls. We would see them again in Samarqand. We also met Gio, an Italian who was writing a travel book. We also met him again in Samarqand 🙂

The location of the hostel was perfect again. Right next to the Lyaubi Haus, which is one of the main attractions. It was also very close to a nice restaurant called Chinar.

We started with some food and a beer in Chinar and then went for a walk around the Lyaubi Haus.

In the evening we went to see a music and dance show inside one of the madrassas around the pond. It was OK, but a bit too touristic if you ask me.

After the show it was getting dark and we were pretty exhausted because of the long ride so we went to bed early.