Uzbekistan (November, 2019) – We arrived into the old port city of Muynak (Mo‘ynoq) via a dusty part of the silk road. Evident on our travels were remnants of cotton cultivation; the result is that the Aral Sea has been reduced to mostly sand. Standing on the port-side seabed one can't help but accept. The present day desert was once a salt water oasis; its abundance, now reduce to a graveyard for once floating ships.