Muynak – the main city in Karakalpakstan.
In former times Muynak used to be located right on the bank of Aral Sea - today 100 km of dry land parts them. The lake which was called the sea for its magnificent beaches, the abundance of fish and large size, now has turned into a desert. Local people call the desert as Aral Kum
Today Muynak has the status of a city-museum and is a silent reproach for all mankind, evidence of an ecological catastrophe.
Formerly seagoing ships sailed in the sea-desert. Now they stand in the port of Muynak in the well-known “cemetery of ships”. It's hardly possible that they would ever return to furrow the Aral Sea. They just stand there abandoned, rusting and sinking to the depths of non-existence.
