Tuesday 30th July we all decided to have an early start in the mornings at dinner last night. So Keith set his alarm for 05:00. Well that did not work, I got up just before 6, all I heard Keith say was FFS why did my alarm not go off, Linney quietly sniggered, think he may have altered Keith's alarm. Any we were up had the normal fried eggs and an extra treat of rice pudding for breakfast. With Linneys new tyre we were full of confidence, just hope the tyre lasts. On flat clear and smooth roads we smashed the 1st 30 miles, stopped for a camels milk coffee then carried on until just outside Nukas had a little break and a bowl of potato and yak soup, while we decided on the plan for the night, roll into Nukas stop at a bike shop, get a spare tyre and inner tubes for Linny, phone shop for a Uzbekistan SIM card and a bank. Well we managed the SIMcard, ATM at the bank did not work and the cycle shop was not there. Linny had chosen a hotel the right side of the city for tomorrow, so we just took our time rode to the centre of the city had a nice meal in an air conditioned restaurant, then set of for the banks and bike shops. No luck with the bike shop and the bank was a bit of a palaver, none of the ATMswould work, in the end a kind bank lady directed us to the national bank, in parliament square, all a bit daunting. Anyway we manged to change some money into the local currency Som & get some US dollars as they seem to work best. We just had the final couple of miles to go to the hotel and some well earned beers,,not wanting to tempt fate but a good days riding with no mechanical’s, happy days.