On our first full day in Tokyo we were learning our way around the city, visiting different neighborhoods. Riding the subway we met a lovely gentleman who was a retired math teacher and really great at origami. He happily put on a little bit of a show for us by creating an origami goldfish. Origami…
Tag: travel photography
Friendly Bukhara
I met this lovely young lady while visiting the remarkable Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara. When she saw me jotting down notes and taking photographs she approached me in that wonderful way children often do. She spoke excellent english and asked question after question from an intelligent curious mind. A while later she took me around…
Song-Kol Lake
This is a black and white conversion of horses grazing at Song-Kol Lake in Kyrgyzstan. It was early on a bitterly cold morning. We had spent the night in a yurt and were headed further into the mountains on our overland passage to China. The sun had just come up to illuminate the distant mountains…
Zeiss Contest Entry
Tomorrow is the deadline for the 2012 Zeiss Photo contest and I have selected this photograph as my entry. I captured this image in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem over the holidays. A lengthly line had formed at the tomb of Jesus and I noticed a candle off to one side. A…
Bishkek to Kochkor Village
Outside Bishkek, the roads are mostly gravel, usually two lanes, sometimes one. Our Land Cruiser eats them up and we arrive at our Kochkor Village guest house to a warm greeting and hot tea. The remarkable thing I have found about these remote villages is that you cannot judge the interior of a home by…
Roadside Turkmenistan
A short video of a few of my favorite scenes from Turkmenistan. The bread was absolutely wonderful and so were the people we met.
Photos of Bukhara Uzbekistan
Portraits of Bukhara, girl and woman by Curious Lizard Portraits of Bukhara, Well of Job by Curious Lizard Portraits of Bukhara, young mother with children by Curious Lizard Soviet Era Amusement by Curious Lizard Christy at work in Bukhara by Curious Lizard
On to Uzbekistan
After three remarkable days in Turkmenistan we have arrived in Uzbekistan. Our Internet conection is inconsistent here while in most areas of Turkmenistan there was little or none at all. We had flown to Ashgabat Turkmenistan from Istanbul and spent the day there visiting the ancient Parthian Capital Nisa, National Museum and Sunday market. The…
Istanbul
Beautiful Hagia Sophia. We’ve arrived and are excited to spend our first night in historic Istanbul.