Karakalpakstan: The Place You Never Knew Existed

I heard there was an autonomous region inside Uzbekistan called Kalpakstan that had its own language and history and I was intrigued to see what hit was like. Turns out it had the friendliest people you could ever wish to meet and a pretty cool set of abandoned ships too. Join me on the road from the capitol Nukus to the Aral Sea as we meet the black hat people.