Bukhara to Khiva

Another 6:30 am start. This time the window started to fall out of the shake and bake.
We arrived in the “museum city” of Khiva at 2:00, driving from 7-2. It was really hot…
It was a search for lunch in this deserted town. We finally found a cool spot in the Hotel Khiva bar and convinced the bar man to get us some eggs and a cold beer.
After lunch, it was time to walk the city. Not a great first impression: a cab driver tried to charge us $10 to drive 6 blocks. We found someone who took us for free. Then a guy tried to charge me 50 soms to pee. We threatened to take him to Intourist and he backed off. Everywhere, there were kids asking for pens and gum. Tourist pollution is here!
This place was a pit and we realized that we were stuck here for two days and two nights…. hot, dusty and boring.
We caved in on group dinner---there was no where else open.
We’re in the hottest spot on the globe and our rooms don’t have a/c….