A hanging carpet of the former patriarch of the roadside hotel where we were staying the Wakhan Corridor, Tajikistan. A reputed drug baron he reputedly took his own life after his son was killed playing with one of his grenades.
Inside the Registan in ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
A worldly shower curtain at the Hotel Avesta in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The Hotel Avesta in Dushanbe, Tajikistan complete with Russian Lada parked out front.
A sign in Cryilic indicating the 2nd floor of the Hotel Avesta, Tajikistan.
The dilapidated top floor of the Hotel Avesta, Tajikistan.
The train station in Aralsk, Kazakhstan. Note the mural depicts a scene from a bygone era with men pulling fish from the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea has all but disappeared as a result of intentional draining during the Soviet era to irrigate cotton crops in what is now Uzbekistan.
An abandoned ship on the shores of what was once the Aral Sea in Aralsk, Kazakhstan. The Aral Sea has all but disappeared as a result of intentional draining during the Soviet era to irrigate cotton crops in what is now Uzbekistan.
The kitchen in Hotel Aralsk, in Aralsk, Kazakhstan. Note that the stove is being used as a cupboard. The Aral Sea has all but disappeared as a result of intentional draining during the Soviet era to irrigate cotton crops in what is now Uzbekistan.
The chipboard floor of the Hotel Aralsk, Kazakhstan. The Aral Sea has all but disappeared as a result of intentional draining during the Soviet era to irrigate cotton crops in what is now Uzbekistan.
A mosque in the former boom town of Aralsk, Kazakhstan. The Aral Sea has all but disappeared as a result of intentional draining during the Soviet era to irrigate cotton crops in what is now Uzbekistan.
The Soltan Tekeş Mausoleum in Konye Urgench, Uzbekistan.
A bust of former Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov at a roadside diner in the desert near Darvaza
A small store selling basics including soap in the Wakhan Corridor, Tajikstan.The Wakhan corridor borders Afghanistan and as a result sees a lot of drug traffic in the form of heroin flowing over the border.
A museum near the Registan in the hear of ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
A restaurant, well-known for its beef kebabs, and red-bow-tied chairs, near the Registan in ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The local Soviet-era Post Office in Nukus, Uzbekistan.
A restaurant in Nukus, Uzbekistan.
A stadium in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Note the four seasons mural above the grandstand.
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