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finals for Runway 25 at Sheremetyevo International Airport
Apron view of SVO
Tashkent: Hotel Shodlik Palace - located close to the Pakhtakor stadium
Tashkent: Khast Imam Architectural Complex, religious center of Uzbekistan, 52m tall minarets and built 2006!
Tashkent: Mausoleum erected for Abubakr Muhammad Kaffal Shashi
Tashkent: Barak Khan madrasah - built in mid-16th century and renovated
Tashkent: one of the 12 domes of the cathedral mosque of Tilla-sheikh
Tashkent: Detail of Barak Khan madrasah
Tashkent: Portal of Barak Khan madrasah
Tashkent: Inside the Khast Imam Mosque
plenty of basil trees all over, keeping the bugs away
Tashkent: One of the two minarets of the Khast Imam Mosque
Tashkent: Main portal of Kukeldash madrasah
Tashkent: Detail of Kukeldash madrasah
Tashkent: Detail of Kukeldash madrasah
Tashkent: Peeping into the courtyard of Kukeldash madrasah
Tashkent: Very green courtyard of Kukeldash madrasah
Tashkent: Chorsu Bazaar
Tashkent: Fresh food market
Tashkent: The Chorsu bazaar dome is huuge!
Tashkent: Veggie market
Tashkent: Nuts! All over!
Tashkent: "Food court" of Chorsu Bazaar
Tashkent: Independence square and Monument
Tashkent: Ministry of Finance (left), Senate (center, background), Independence monument (left)
Tashkent: The storks are a very important sign for the Uzbek fertility
Tashkent: Formerly holding a 30m tall Lenin statue
Tashkent: The senate building
Tashkent: The senate building
Tashkent: The cabinet's building and a fountain
Tashkent: Palace of International Forums Uzbekistan
Tashkent: Hotel Uzbekistan
Tashkent: Amir Temur Square and statue
Tashkent: Sayilgoh Ko'chasi is a long and buzzing alley linking Independence square with Amir Temur square
Tashkent: Amir Temur Square and statue
Samarqand: University Boulevard
Samarqand: Amir Temur statue , sitting at the north-eastern end of University Boulevard
Samarqand: statue of Mirzo Ulug Bek
Samarqand: Ulugbek Observatory
Samarqand: Ulugbek Observatory detail
Samarqand: Ulugbek Observatory's 36m sextant built in stone
Samarqand: View from the Observatory Hill
Samarqand: The Mausoleum of Prophet Daniel
Samarqand: Inside the Afrasiyab Museum
Samarqand: Inside the Afrasiyab Museum
Samarqand: Inside the Afrasiyab Museum
Samarqand: Inside the Afrasiyab Museum - the Ambassadors' Painting
Samarqand: Afrasiyab hills - people lived here from ~500 BC to 1220 AD
Samarqand: Siyob Bazaar
Samarqand: Siyob Bazaar
Samarqand: the Bibi-Khanym Mosque's portal - Initially completed 1404, rebuilt in late 20th century
Samarqand: Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Samarqand: The marble stones on the Quran stand in the centre of the yard (view from the side only :-( )
Samarqand: the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in mid-19th century
Samarqand: the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in mid-19th century
Samarqand: The Bibi-Khanym Mosque main chamber's cupola behind this portal rises to 40m
Samarqand: Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Samarqand: Bibi-Khanym Mosque seen from the outside
Samarqand: Inner court of a house with shops, ateliers and a restaurant
Samarqand: A nice avenue connecting the Mosque with the Registan square
Samarqand: Approaching the Registan square from the south-eastern corner
Samarqand: Registan. From left to right: Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660) and Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636)
Samarqand: Again, this square has been rebuild a few decades ago
Samarqand: Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Sher-Dor Madrasah
Samarqand: Detail of Sher-Dor Madrasah cupola
Samarqand: Detail of the Sher-Dor Madrasah pishtaq
Samarqand: Iwan of the Sher-Dor Madrasah
Samarqand: Detail of Sher-Dor Madrasah, Iwan, dome and minaret
Samarqand: Peeping inside the Ulugh Beg Madrasah courtyard
Samarqand: In the Ulugh Beg Madrasah courtyard
Samarqand: Ulugh Beg Madrasah in twilight
Samarqand: Sher-Dor Madrasah at dusk
Samarqand: The portal in the side of Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Mihrab inside Tilya-Kori Madrasah ("the gilded Madrasah"; was also used as a Mosque)
Samarqand: Detail of Mihrab inside Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Cupola inside Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Cupola inside Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Entrance to Mihrab inside Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Courtyard of the Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Courtyard of the Tilya-Kori Madrasah
Samarqand: Ulug Beg Madrasah
Samarqand: Registan Square <3 <3 <3
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir mausoleum
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir mausoleum
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir mausoleum portal (wide angle) by night...
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir mausoleum portal (wide angle) by day...
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir mausoleum
Samarqand: the tombs of the Amir Temur family!
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir - cupola architecture = a square leads into an octogon which leads into 16 tiny arches supporting the dome.
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir artwork #1
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir artwork #2
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir artwork #3
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir artwork #4
Samarqand: Gur-e-Amir's rear side
Samarqand: View from Shah-i-Zinda to Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Samarqand: Overview of Shah-i-Zinda and it's mausoleums
Samarqand: Shah-i-Zinda ("The living King") necropolis
Samarqand: Inside the Mausoleum of Shadi Mulk Aga, the niece of Timur
Samarqand: Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
Samarqand: Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, the middle group
Samarqand: Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, the upper mausoleums form the Kusam-ibn-Abbas complex
Samarqand: Inside the Kusam-ibn-Abbas mausoleum
Samarqand: Inside the Kusam-ibn-Abbas mausoleum
Samarqand: Shah-i-Zinda, the middle group
Samarqand: Schah-i Sinda necropolis with the impressive Ulug Beg portal on the left
Kyzil Kum Desert: After we left Samarqand, the road leads to Nurata
Kyzil Kum Desert: This is probably an oasis
Kyzil Kum Desert: A long straight road into the desert...
Kyzil Kum Desert: The sunset
Kyzil Kum Desert: The camp's camels
Kyzil Kum Desert: star gazing FTW
Kyzil Kum: Morning glow at 6 a.m. over the yurt camp...
Kyzil Kum Desert: A small caravan :-) returning from a "journey"...
Kyzil Kum Desert: funky camel with a nose piercing ready for a ride
Kyzil Kum Desert: camp location : 41.061798, 65.955899
Kyzil Kum Desert: Oh wait. A lake?
Kyzil Kum Desert: Yes! Aydarkul Lake
Kyzil Kum Desert: inhabitant @ work
Kyzil Kum Desert: on the road again, next stop: Bukhara

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Uzbekistan Vol.1

The capital(s): Tashkent and Samarqand. We arrived and visited Tashkent first. After 5 days of hiking (see Vol.2) we continued to Samarqand. The two very important cities combined in 1 album. 1/3 is from Tashkent and 2/3 are from Samarqand. Thereafter, we shortly stopped by a Yurt Camp in Kyzil Kum desert before heading on to Buchara and Chiwa (see Vol.3).