Travels on the Silk Road in Uzbekistan

in the Amir Timur Mausoleum

ruins of ancient desert cities - Qualas - in the Khorazm region of western Uzbekistan

a shop keeper in Samarkand

kids playing outside the old city walls in Kiva

dawn

in a mausoleum outside of Bukhara

in the al Bukhari Mausoleum

Uzbek yurts

in Samarkand

The old city walls in Kiva at sunset

view of Kiva from the watchtower in the Sultan's palace

in a mausoleum outside of Bukhara

one small example of spectacular tiles found throughout Uzbekistan

in the al Bukhari Mausoleum

and the ceiling in an Amir's palace - the Sun and Moon Palace

vegetable sellers in Samarkand

by the old walls in Kiva at sunset

Bukhara domed rooftop

the Hotel Uzbekistan in Tashkent

The Char Minar in Bukhara

desert sands

mother and child in Tashkent

a young melon seller

before dawn in Kiva

the Kalon Minaret in Bukhara

Broadway in Tashkent

The Amir Timur (Tamerlane) Mausoleum

life in the desert

mother and child in a village near Bukhara

office girls on break in Tashkent

early morning light in Kiva

in Bukhara

Amir Timur statue in Tashkent