Travel to Nevich for swimming, climbing rocky mountains and, of course, ancient human sites. The name Nevich originates from the strategic space base, which was placed
in Uzbekistan on Moscow. At this base in the 60s they developed space technologies, conducted experiments on gravity and everything else. Now this base is completely abandoned, quietly, quietly rusting, and it is almost impossible to get there, as it is now guarded.
But we're heading a little further to the mountainous Kyzylsu River. The trip from
Tashkent takes about an hour, not very far in principle, but you can already feel a completely different air, a different climate, a different pressure and, of course, a different mood, since we are going to the mountains.
On arrival we have the most interesting thing, that the cellular communication disappears for the whole day, as none of the cellular operators covers here, so the whole day we stay without work, without relatives, by ourselves and enjoy the hike. Immediately we go to the edge of the river, it is mountainous, shallow, but the water is very warm, and our journey begins wading, then, over rocks and again wading and over rocks, and in exactly the same staggered order back and forth.
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The hike seems easy, but it's not all that easy. The bottom of the river consists of stones covered with mud, all kinds of slippery, nasty stuff, on which your feet are not obeying at all. And even if you go knee-deep in the water, which is warm, not carried away by the current, there are still difficulties to slip and fall with your head in the water, so we go very slowly and carefully, which significantly lengthens the time of the hike. We go up to the first observation point, from where everyone likes to jump into the water.
By the way, the water here is very beautiful turquoise color, very warm, despite the fact that it is a mountain river and the place is simply fascinating. The river passes by two rocks, as if in a cleft, which you can swim through, and when you swim, the rocks surround you from all sides, you enjoy the fact that periodically do not feel the bottom with your feet. Water, silence, peace, and the shallow water ahead, where you can safely get out of this water.
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Thus, going from rock to rock, each time crossing the sai, then from the left side, then from the right, because in some places on the rocks simply can not pass, so they are steep and smooth. Although in some moments, yes, admittedly, I had to use some primitive mountaineering skills, let's say, because we had to either descend or climb down the sheer rock, which has only small ledges.
But everyone who was with us on this hike, everyone managed. Those, of course, who were of age or with weight, they stayed at the very beginning under the tree where everyone was bathing, and the rest, of course, who were not first time climbers, went on.
After half a day of hiking we reach the "nest" - this so-called nest served primitive people as a shelter and a place to sleep. Here the rocks are a completely different shape, different color and more like petrified volcanic lava. Just out of the rocks is a black base that looks so much like gum, all the corners are so smoothed and smooth to the touch that you can't even tell it's stone.
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And here, in the center, on an elevation, among these stones, there is a really similar place to a nest. It is very deep, like a bowl, covered with sand, which, strangely enough, is not found anywhere else, and, according to the Aksakals' stories, primitive people once lived there.
It is very convenient that from this nest there are as if stone steps leading directly to the water, where it is not deep, you can draw water, wash something, wash something and it creates a pleasant impression, even an idea of how people once lived here. Let's keep walking. Thus, we reach the most impassable place of the river.
They are wet, many of them are already burnt, because they were swimming, but all of them are very happy, the wildlife in these places is already wild, because people come here very rarely and very little. Spiders the size of my fist, snakes, jackals, which is very little, even, so to say, frightening.
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We returned almost the same way, but we asked the guide to complicate our way a little bit and had to go a little bit higher than Kyzylsu flows. It is more dangerous and scary there, but at the same time it is adrenaline that pushes people to make such journeys. When your brain shuts down, you think only about how to put your foot right, how to hold on with your hand so that, if you fall off, you can safely bear the weight of your body, and not about any work or family matters.
Did I turn off the gas? Will I be counted absent today? No, you're just thinking about the rocks and your body. That's the great thing about this hike. We go back to the original point and from there, if you take one of the trails up a 45 degree cliff, you can get to the top and see the petroglyphs of the ancient people who used to live here. There are both goats and little men, so to speak, ancient vandalism.
The ascent is very difficult, although it seems easy. There is nothing in the way, you go up, but at such an incline, after just 10 meters your knees start to shake, your mouth dries up and purple flies appear in front of your eyes.
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The places are incredibly beautiful, and it's not far from Tashkent, which is good, as the time for the road is spent less, and the hike itself is already a few hours more, with the only sadness that we did not get to the former experimental space base Nevich, but it is in the plans. To find the owner, to agree, to take pictures, to climb this very base, as it is the history of our country, the history of our world and I would like to touch this part of it.
On the way back home the driver suggests to stop in the neighboring town to eat the most delicious kuksi in Uzbekistan, of course, everyone agrees with hands and feet FOR! It takes an hour to drive to the Juma Bazaar in the Parkent district. The cafe is certainly not a restaurant, but what we saw next made everyone just open their mouths, shut up and wonder.
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Huge bowls of kuksi. This portion would probably be enough for four people and for pennies. It probably came out to about 1.5 dollars. Everyone had enough, the kuxi was really delicious. And now, despite a very hot day, we are returning to Tashkent, tired but fed up, satisfied, with legs and arms already starting to whine, as we had to use those muscles of the body that we do not use in everyday life.
But the trip to Nevich will remain in everyone's memory, and I am going to go there more than once, as I liked climbing rocks. Our Uzbekistan is so beautiful that every time you open some new corner, you open not just a new page, not a new chapter, but a whole new book of our country, which has so many interesting things that you can't remember everything, and you can't travel too much in your life.