Basanti is suffering. The fuel quality in Uzbekistan is bad. I'm trying everything I can to get the best fuel possible, but it's still not very good. The low octane of the fuel decreases my fuel efficiency quite a bit so I can't venture and explore everywhere I can: I am riding from petrol station to petrol station... The road was not easy and full of potholes and especially the last 80 kilometres to the border were super bumpy and Basanti got a bit of a bashing today. Getting out of Turkmenistan was equally as bizarre as entering it and I'm quite glad to be in Uzbekistan where there is internet again and where I could enter without a visa and can stay much longer!