{"id":590,"date":"2008-02-02T17:02:36","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T22:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/02\/new-photos-moynaq"},"modified":"2008-01-30T17:08:50","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T22:08:50","slug":"new-photos-moynaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2008\/02\/02\/new-photos-moynaq","title":{"rendered":"New Photos &#8211; Moynaq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we made it across the Qizilqum Desert and into Kazakhstan to catch the ferry across the Caspian Sea, we stopped by another great body of water&#8230; the Aral Sea. Unfortunately, the once thriving fishing village of Moynaq where we camped for the night is now nowhere near the shores of the Aral Sea. The desertification of the Aral Sea represents probably the largest man-made ecological disaster of our time and although the affects are far reaching, Moynaq is a very visible representation of just how much the receding waters have affected the lively hood of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9716&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"After spending the night in the trucks at the border, we awoke to find food vendors ready to serve those of us who had been stra\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9717&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"After spending the night in the trucks at the border, we awoke to find food vendors ready to serve those of us who had been stra\" title=\"After spending the night in the trucks at the border, we awoke to find food vendors ready to serve those of us who had been stra\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9698&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"After Moynaq, we headed across the desert and back into Kazakhstan to catch a ferry that hopefully was still floating in water\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9699&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"After Moynaq, we headed across the desert and back into Kazakhstan to catch a ferry that hopefully was still floating in water\" title=\"After Moynaq, we headed across the desert and back into Kazakhstan to catch a ferry that hopefully was still floating in water\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9701&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Nice and clean but not for long\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9702&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Nice and clean but not for long\" title=\"Nice and clean but not for long\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9707&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Apparently, they still use steam engines out here\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9708&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Apparently, they still use steam engines out here\" title=\"Apparently, they still use steam engines out here\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9710&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"We were surprised to find that we were not the only ones headed to Kazakhstan via the middle of nowhere\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9711&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"We were surprised to find that we were not the only ones headed to Kazakhstan via the middle of nowhere\" title=\"We were surprised to find that we were not the only ones headed to Kazakhstan via the middle of nowhere\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9713&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The town on the western border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan definitely did not have a McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9714&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The town on the western border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan definitely did not have a McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\" title=\"The town on the western border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan definitely did not have a McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9704&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Head west and you will find what you seek and in our case hopefully it is the Kazakh border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9705&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Head west and you will find what you seek and in our case hopefully it is the Kazakh border\" title=\"Head west and you will find what you seek and in our case hopefully it is the Kazakh border\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9719&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The old Uzbekistan customs house\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9720&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The old Uzbekistan customs house\" title=\"The old Uzbekistan customs house\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9722&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Uzbek recreational vehicle \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9723&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Uzbek recreational vehicle \" title=\"Uzbek recreational vehicle \" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9631&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Moynaq was once a thriving fishing village on the Aral Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9632&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Moynaq was once a thriving fishing village on the Aral Sea\" title=\"Moynaq was once a thriving fishing village on the Aral Sea\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9635&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Today, not much remains of the Areal Sea near Moynaq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9636&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Today, not much remains of the Areal Sea near Moynaq\" title=\"Today, not much remains of the Areal Sea near Moynaq\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9695&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9696&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\" title=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9692&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9693&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest\" title=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9689&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The boats are a visible reminder of the Aral Sea tragedy, but its effects go far beyond the fishing fleet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9690&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The boats are a visible reminder of the Aral Sea tragedy, but its effects go far beyond the fishing fleet\" title=\"The boats are a visible reminder of the Aral Sea tragedy, but its effects go far beyond the fishing fleet\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9683&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9684&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\" title=\"There is not much left for the people of Moynaq to do but salvage scrap metal from what remains of their fleet\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9680&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Karie exploring one of the many stranded fishing vessels at Moynaq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9681&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Karie exploring one of the many stranded fishing vessels at Moynaq\" title=\"Karie exploring one of the many stranded fishing vessels at Moynaq\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9677&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"This boat has been bleached by the sun and rusted to the point of almost perfectly blending in with its desert tomb \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9678&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"This boat has been bleached by the sun and rusted to the point of almost perfectly blending in with its desert tomb \" title=\"This boat has been bleached by the sun and rusted to the point of almost perfectly blending in with its desert tomb \" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9674&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"I guess it is more difficult than we can image to move an entire fishing village\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9675&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"I guess it is more difficult than we can image to move an entire fishing village\" title=\"I guess it is more difficult than we can image to move an entire fishing village\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9671&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"It makes you wonder why these boats were just left here and not moved as the water receded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9672&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"It makes you wonder why these boats were just left here and not moved as the water receded\" title=\"It makes you wonder why these boats were just left here and not moved as the water receded\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9668&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"An old anchorage lies rusting in the desert sand\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9669&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"An old anchorage lies rusting in the desert sand\" title=\"An old anchorage lies rusting in the desert sand\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9653&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Finally, some local kids showed us where the ships were\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9654&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Finally, some local kids showed us where the ships were\" title=\"Finally, some local kids showed us where the ships were\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9665&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Walking by the skeletal remains of the Moynaq fleet was surreal \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9666&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Walking by the skeletal remains of the Moynaq fleet was surreal \" title=\"Walking by the skeletal remains of the Moynaq fleet was surreal \" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9662&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9663&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\" title=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9650&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Moynaq is home to a ghost fleet of fishing boats but is was harder to find than we had thought\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9651&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Moynaq is home to a ghost fleet of fishing boats but is was harder to find than we had thought\" title=\"Moynaq is home to a ghost fleet of fishing boats but is was harder to find than we had thought\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9656&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The once proud fishing fleet now sits rusting in the desert sands\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9657&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The once proud fishing fleet now sits rusting in the desert sands\" title=\"The once proud fishing fleet now sits rusting in the desert sands\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9638&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The village still remains, but without fishing, life is pretty difficult and the inhabitants suffer from a higher number of heal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9639&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The village still remains, but without fishing, life is pretty difficult and the inhabitants suffer from a higher number of heal\" title=\"The village still remains, but without fishing, life is pretty difficult and the inhabitants suffer from a higher number of heal\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9644&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The present day shoreline of the Aral Sea lies more than 150 kilometers north of Moynaq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9645&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The present day shoreline of the Aral Sea lies more than 150 kilometers north of Moynaq\" title=\"The present day shoreline of the Aral Sea lies more than 150 kilometers north of Moynaq\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9647&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Bouey wonders what life must have been like in Moynaq while Karie tries to figure out how to use binoculars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9648&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Bouey wonders what life must have been like in Moynaq while Karie tries to figure out how to use binoculars\" title=\"Bouey wonders what life must have been like in Moynaq while Karie tries to figure out how to use binoculars\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9641&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The desertification of the Aral Sea has hit Moynaq especially hard\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9642&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The desertification of the Aral Sea has hit Moynaq especially hard\" title=\"The desertification of the Aral Sea has hit Moynaq especially hard\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9659&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9660&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\" title=\"The efforts of the villagers to dig a canal to the receding shoreline is still visible\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9686&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" rel=\"lightbox[g2image]\" title=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/photos\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=9687&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT\" alt=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest \" title=\"Most of the working parts have been salvaged from the boats and soon, so will the rest \" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we made it across the Qizilqum Desert and into Kazakhstan to catch the ferry across the Caspian Sea, we stopped by another great body of water&#8230; the Aral Sea. Unfortunately, the once thriving fishing village of Moynaq where we camped for the night is now nowhere near the shores of the Aral Sea. 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