Tajikistan
| Kazakhstan May 2016 | Kashgar
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| Almaty-1 Almaty-2 Turkistan Shymkent Astana |
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| Fields of Poppies, 7 miles W of Almaty |
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Almaty-1
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| Monument of Independece (Golden Man column) in approaching thunderstorm |
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Suburban Sculpture Park
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| Almaty Lenin |
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| Almaty Lenin |
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| Almaty Lenin |
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| Kalinin statue |
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| Kalinin statue |
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Almaty-2
After a trip into Tajikistan and along the Pamir Highway, I returned to the luxury of the Almaty Intercontinental!
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| Gift shop at the Almaty Intercontinental They must have known I was coming. |
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| Modernistic building, distant Tien Shan mountains |
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| Around Monument of Independence (Golden Man column). |
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| Memorial to the 1986 demonstrations. |
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| Nazarbayev, of the golden hand. |
Panfilov park
Commemorating the Panfiolov Rifle Regiment who went to the defence of Moscow.
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| Zenkov Cathedral (1907) |
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| Zenkov Cathedral |
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| WWII Memorial. Soldiers leaping out of a USSR map. The quote is a call to defend Moscow. |
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| WWII Eternal Flame |
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| Red Cavalry 1917-1920 Monument |
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| 1914-1945 Monument |
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| Afghan War memorial |
Central State Museum
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| Central State Museum: Entry hall |
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| Reproduction of the 3rd c BC "Golden Man" |
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| 7th c BC gold clothing ornaments |
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| Central State Museum Gravestone with a date in the "Calendar of Khan Alexander" |
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| Unusual Inscription |
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| Obligatory Yurt |
Almaty to Shymkent
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| Poppies, 57 miles West of Almaty |
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| 59 miles North of Bishkek |
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| 60 miles North of Bishkek |
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| Snack stop at Shu station |
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| Mountains to the South, 113 miles West of Bishkek |
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| 48 miles East of Shymkent |
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| 42 miles East of Shymkent |
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| Hurtling into the approaching night |
Turkistan
Mausoleum of Hodja Ahmed Yassau
Built on the command of Timur, in the 1390s.
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| The bird infested facade (one got me). The projecting beams are unfinished original work |
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| Interior. The giant cauldron was commisioned by Timur. |
Elsewhere around Turkistan
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| Kiosk beside the Tomb |
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| The "Underground Mosque" |
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| Turkistan Ethnographic Museum |
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| Turkistan Station |
Shymkent
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| 17 miles SE of Turkistan |
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| 48 miles NW of Shymkent |
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| Shymkent Lenin |
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| Shymkent Lenin |
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| Shymkent Rixos Hotel An over-the-top 5 star luxury hotel |
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| Shymkent Rixos Hotel |
Astana
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| Preparations for Expo 2017 |
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| View from the Marriott |
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| View from the Marriott |
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| The "Cigarette Lighter" |
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| Bayterek Tower |
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| Bayterek Tower |
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| President Nazarbayev's Handprint Atop the Bayterek Tower |
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| Atop the Bayterek Tower |
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| View from the Bayterek Tower |
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| Presidential Palace + Great Daleks |
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| One of the Great Daleks |
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| Presidential Palace |
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| Kazakhstan Central Concert hall |
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| Astana Mosque |
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Khan Shatyr
Not in fact an alien uplink facility, but a mall and entertainment center.
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| Khan Shatyr |
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| Khan Shatyr |
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| Inside Khan Shatyr |
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| Inside Khan Shatyr |
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| Inside Khan Shatyr |
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| A ride around the Monorail! |
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| A ride around the Monorail! |
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| A ride around the Monorail! |
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Tajikistan
| Kashgar
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