Information about the RouteDistance: 78 Km
Difficulty: Low, ground wavy
Road: Main road in good conditions.
Comments: From Kattaburgan there are two ways to go to Samarkand, the motorway M39 and the option we chose. This road was in good condition but with endless ups and downs that lost the rhythm continually.
1679 years later that Alexander the Great came into Maracanda (Current Samarkand), and 604 years later did it by the ambassadors of the King of Castilla, we arrived with our bicycles in the mythical city. As anecdote comment, our entourage was more simple and humble, but also we had honors. When we arrived into the city, a man with lively and cheerful attitude shouted us a few words that we understood as something like, Welcome to Samarkand! Or, You have already arrived in Samarkand! ! The truth is that we felt excited. Though perhaps he said something else completely different? :-O jajaja
Currently the city is diffrent as it used to be but still it has a lot of nice building that help you to imagine how the city was. One thing I didn´t known before making the journey, is that most of the historical monuments have been rebuilt by the Russian in times of the Soviet Union, in a colossal effort.
According to the book of Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo, the name of