Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan 2014

Chilling out in the USSR hostel in Bishkek

Mini Ferris wheel in a park in Bishkek

Kyrgyz tourist wearing a typical hat (Ak-kalpak), at the State Historical Museum, Bishkek

Endless landscapes driving to the east of Kyrgyzstan

Huge white poplar trees on the road to Karakol

Average apartment block with satellite dishes in Karakol

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Karakol

Flower shop in Karakol

The seven bulls rocks in Jeti-&ouml;ghuz

Me in Jeti-&ouml;ghuz

Yurt in Jeti-&ouml;ghuz

The only traffic on the road at the moment

A farmer is going to milk his cows

Pretty views everywhere

View on the Central Tian-Shan mountain range from Karakol

Agriculture near Karakol with the Kungey Ala-tau range in the back

Working along the road without machinery

Ditch diggers

Old Soviet building in Pristan

The Dungan mosque in Karakol looks like a Chinese temple

View on the mountains from Karakol

The stadium in Karakol

Garden with a view in Barskoon

Kid playing in Barskoon

House with yurt in Barskoon

Lake Issyk-K&ouml;l near Barskoon

Fence in Barskoon

Workers posing with their truck in Barskoon

Me with Lake Issyk-K&ouml;l in the background

The mountains are visible from everywhere

Skazka near Kadji-Sai, fairy tale rocks

Me on the colorful rocks

More fairy tale rocks

Lake Issyk-K&ouml;l near Balykchy

Khast-Imom Tashkent, Barak Khan Medressa 16C, Tashkent

Checking the quality of a broom in Tashkent

Veggie market in Tashkent

Veggie market in Tashkent

Chorsu bazaar Tashkent

The meat department in the Chorsu bazaar

The spices department in the Chorsu bazaar

Inside the Itchan Kala, the walled city of Khiva

Mohammed Rakhim Khan Medressa

The Kalta Minor Minaret: unfinished but beautiful

Fur hat salesmen, Khiva

Islom-Hoja Medressa

The Juma Mosque, with 218 wooden pillars, some are 900 years old

View on Khiva from the wall

Near the north gate, Khiva

Medressa Emir Tura

Muso Tora medressa, Khiva

Taking a break on the steps of the medressa

View on Khiva from the Juma minaret

South view from the Juma minaret, Khiva

View on the Kalta Minor Minaret from above

View on the roofs of Khiva

Islom-Hoja Medressa

Gossiping grandmothers

Playing backgammon in Khiva

Cool carpet store in Khiva

Local tourists on the outlook of the Kuhna Ark, Khiva

View on Khiva from the Kuhna Ark

The city walls from above

View from the Kuhna Ark on the Islom-Hoja Medressa, Khiva

View from the Kuhna Ark on Khiva

Entrance to the Throne room in the Kuhna Ark, Khiva

Old door in the Kuhna Ark

Map of the Silk Route, Khiva

The Western wall, Khiva

The bazaar in Bukhara

Nadir Divanbegi Medressa 1620 in kitschy green light, Bukhara

Nadir Divanbegi Medressa

Monument of the

Maghoki-Attar Mosque 9-16C, Bukhara

Abdulla Khan Medressa 16C, Bukhara

Taki-Zargaron Bazaar, Bukhara

The Mir-i-Arab Medressa in Bukhara

The inner courtyard of the Mir-i-Arab Medressa

In front of a dome on the Mir-i-Arab Medressa

The Kalon mosque, Bukhara

Khodja Nurobobod Street, Bukhara

Mir-i-Arab Medressa, the Kalon Minaret and Mosque, Bukhara

Posing with the Char Minar in Bukhara

Char Minar (1807), Bukhara

Old women by the Lyabi-Hauz central pond, Bukhara

Entrance to the Ark, Bukhara

View of the old city, Bukhara

Mir-i-Arab Medressa 16C, Bukhara

The Kalon Minaret (1127)

Courtyard of the Kalon Mosque 16C, Bukhara

Taqi Sarrafon bazaar, Bukhara

Bibi-Khanym Mosque (1404), Samarkand

Bibi-Khanym Mosque (1404), Samarkand

Hazrat Khizr Mosque

Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum (1404), Samarkand

Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum

Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum

Shah-i-Zinda 14thC, avenue of mausoleums, Samarkand

Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand

Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand

Inside a tomb in Shah-i-Zinda

The Medressa Ulugbeka is being painted, Registan Ensemble Samarkand

The Medressa Ulugbeka is being painted, Registan Ensemble Samarkand

Sherdor Medressa on the other side of the Registan Ensemble

Tillya-Kori Madrasah

The interior of the Tilla-Kari Medressa

Mosque in the Tilla-Kari (gold-covered) Medressa, Samarkand

The back garden of the Registan Ensemble

Ornamented walls of the Registan Ensemble

Registan ensemble, Samarkand

Rich people getting married in 2 stretch Hummers, Manas Village

Manas Village: everything important to Kyrgyzstan casted in concrete statues

Soft bumper cars in the Panfilov Park in Bishkek

Posing with fake animals in the Panfilov Park in Bishkek

The vast Ala-Too Square in Bishkek

State History museum and Manas statue on the Ala-Too Square