I finally made it to the other end of the country of Uzbekistan
This was the small town of Moynaq and more specifically one of the places you can see and learn about the Aral sea,one of the greatest ecological disasters that happened recently
This desert used to be the bottom of the sea and the local community thrived by fishing and other sea-related activities.However the 2 rivers that ended up in the Aral sea,were diverted to water cotton fields.
This caused the sea,over the recent decades to dry up.Today the aral sea is estimated to be less that 70% in size of what it used to be.Furthermore the water became much more salty which killed all the fishes living in it,and that actually happened many years before the sea turns to desert
I remember when one of my sons was studying the Aral Sea at school.
Such a sad story
Its certainly worth visiting though