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Colourful chili on Chorsu Bazar Siesta in Tashkent Interior from the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara The Bolo Hauz Mosque in Bukhara The Ark Fortress in Bukhara
The Ark Fortress in Bukhara The Kalon Juma Mosque in Bukhara The covered bazar in Bukhara Full moon over Bukhara Delicious fish from Amu Darya
Delicious fish from Amu Darya The desert city Khiva The svastika is a very positive symbol in the Central Asian tradition You will find many zoroastrian symbols in Khiva Sunset over Khiva
Sunset over Khiva On the way . . . in mid day heat If you get lucky you get camel milk for breakfast Sunset over the Aral Sea The old seabed resembles a moon landscape
The old seabed resembles a moon landscape Stranded forever Message from the ship cemetery in Muynak Breakfast by the Aral Sea Don't miss Tondir Kebob - kebab prepared in a tandori oven
Don't miss Tondir Kebob - kebab prepared in a tandori oven Grand architecture in Samarkand Amazing ornamentation -  the Temurids' Necropolis in Samarkand Cotton is grown everywhere The holy well in Sufia
The holy well in Sufia Weddings, weddings, weddings - but nobody looks really happy Try Samsa - absolutely fresh Lunch in the Zerafshan Mountains Market by the mountain road
Market by the mountain road Relax at a typical choikhana
Colourful chili on Chorsu Bazar
Photograph: Cecilia Lund (1/30)
Colourful chili on Chorsu Bazar

Tour: Uzbekistan