The following were taken at the Shah-i-Zinda complex, an ancient cemetery of family and close associates of Amir Temur (aka Tamerlane, Timur-i-Lang): DSC02782 by
A visitor from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, at the Shah-i-Zinda: DSC07388 by
A family visiting from Namangan in the Ferghana Valley. The only language the man (a Physics teacher) and I had in common was Spanish, which neither of us could speak fluently. DSC02611 by
Two young women in Shahrisabz, a town a couple of hours south of Samarqand, near where Tamerlane was born. DSC07479 by
charley5 wrote:
I feel great acquainted with these people now. Lovely shots!
-Charles
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CYT111 wrote:
Very nice storytelling, thanks for sharing your images! Especially love your first image!
Thanks!
Uzbeks are extremely warm, hospitable and kind people. They are not camera-shy. On the contrary, many, many of them wanted me to take photos of them or readily agreed when I asked. And many others took selfies with me. Some even "interviewed" me on their cell-phone videos, even if it meant hunting for an interpreter to communicate with me. Oh, and, yes, I was interviewed by one of the TV channels in Samarqand (where I was from, what I like about UZ, etc.).
