I arrived by train in Tashkent, then took a shared taxi through the Western Tien-Shan mountains into the Fergana valley.
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| 490,000 Uzbek Som (about $200)
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| 41 miles SE of Tashkent
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| Through a rock cutting, 50 miles NW of Kokand
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| 50 miles NW of Kokand
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| 48 miles NW of Kokand
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| 46 miles NW of Kokand
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| Fergana central market
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| Khonakhah Mosque
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| Khonakhah Mosque
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| Khonakhah Mosque
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It was great fun to see displays of traditional silk production, including dying and hand-loom weaving. In reality of course, most of the factory's production is mechanized.
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| Boiling the silk coccoons
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| Running off the silk threads
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| Running off the silk threads
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| Bundles of silk threads being prepared for dying.
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| A hand operated loom, using pre-dyed thread.
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| A flying shuttle, in a hand operated loom
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| Powered silk looms
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| Carpet making
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| Carpet knotting
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The Kumtepa bazaar is vast, sprawling, bustling and vibrant. There is a lot of silk, but also lots of synthetics and lots of other godos. It was great fun to wander through.
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| Cradles
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| Kamal Kazi Medressa (?)
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| Jami Mosque
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| Jami Mosque Minaret
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| View from Jami Mosque minaret
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| Narbutabey Mosque
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| Royal Tombs
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| Royal Tombs
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| 15 miles SW of Margilan
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| 6 miles SW of Andijon
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| 10 miles NW of Osh
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Kazakhstan
