Map of Iran from US Dept of State
Tehran: Sa'ad Abad Museum Complex(What's left of the Shah?)
Persepolis: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Persepolis: Tour Group - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Persepolis:- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Persepolis: Royal Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Persepolis: view of Garrison Quarters - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Persepolis: Achaemenid royal tombs - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Shiraz: Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque
Shiraz: Interior of Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque
Shiraz: Narenjestan Garden
Shiraz: Tomb of Hafez (poet)
Isfahan: Shahrestan Bridge
Isfahan: Khajur Bridge
Isfahan: Zayande River
Isfahan: WC in the Armenian Quarter
Isfahan: Vank Cathedral, Armenian Quarter
Isfahan - Carpet store
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maidan-e Naghsh-e Jahan, also known as Imam Khomeini Square, one of the world's largest public squares (built in 1620)
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shah/Imam Mosque
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site Ali Qapu Palace ceiling
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ali Qapu Palace
Isfahan: Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Background edifices
Isfahan - Meidan Eman - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Background edifices
Ishfan: Shop in the Maidan-e Naghsh-e Jahan, also known as Imam Khomeini Square complex
Tehran city skyline
Tehran - Gulestan Palace
Iranian guides and Paul Schwartz (Guide from MIR)
Silk Road Tour friends
The Caucasus Region
Map of Armenia
Yerevan: The Cascade
Yerevan: View from The Cascade
Cathedral and Churches of Etchmiadzin and the Archeological Site of Zvartnots-UNESCO World Heritage Site, Etchmiadzin Cathedral & Complex
Etchmiadzin Cathedral & Complex - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Etchmiadzin - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Church of St. Hripsimeh
Monastery of Khor Virap with Mount Ararat in background
Monastery of Khor Virap
Yerevan Market
Temple of Garni
Azat River valley (location of Temple of Garni)
Monastery of Geghard-UNESCO World Heritage Site
On the road to the Sadakhlo border crossing, Armenia/Georgia border
Map of the Republic of Georgia
Tbilisi-Mtkvari River
Tbilisi with Narikala Fortress and faint view of Mother Georgia (upper right)
Tbilisi-Mother Georgia (Kartlis Deda)
Tbilisi-Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition (Georgian Orthodox)
Tbilisi-Old Quarter
Tbilisi-Downstairs bakery in Old Quarter
Tbilisi-Narikala Fortress on hill
Tbilisi-Abanotubani (Sulphur Baths), originally a mosque
Tbilisi-Hotel Old Metekhi
Tbilisi shop
Tbilisi: Sameba Cathedral (Holy Trinity)-main Georgian Orthodox Christian cathedral in Georgia (constructed between 1995 and 2004). Largest religious building in South Caucasus region-one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
Tbilisi-Statue of the Muse
Tbilisi-G. Chitaia Open-Air Ethnographic Museum, a collection of wooden homes, farmsteads and churches from the 18th and 19th centuries. Gathered from Georgia's different regions.
Tbilisi - on Ethnographic Museum grounds
Tbilisi - Ethnographic Museum household furniture & textiles
Tbilisi - lunch near Ethnographic Museum with a view of the City.
Map of Azerbaijan
Sheki Caravanseri Hotel, Azerbaijan
Sheki-open market products
Shekikhan Palace walls
Shekikhan Palace
Shekikhan Palace detail
Sheki streetscape
Azerbaijan road stop...look at the "palm tree"
Mosque in Shemakha, the former capital of the once powerful Shirvan Khanate
Azerbaijan countryside, en route to Baku
Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Baku Map, Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site Maiden Tower
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site
View from Gobustan
Map of the Stans in Central Asia-including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan - Independence Square constructed by President Niyazov (Turkmenbashi) after earthquake of 1948
Ashkhabad,Turkmenistan - Palace of Turkmenbashi
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan - Statue of Niyazov-12 meter high polished gold that revolves to follow the sun throughout the day
Ashkhabad,Turkmenistan - Statue of Stalin (live bird on head)
Turkmenistan - near Ashkabad Parthian Kingdom of Nisa, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Turkmenistan - near Ashkabad Parthian Kingdom of Nisa, UNESCO World Heritage Site Our guide
Turkmenistan - Tolkuchka Oriental Bazaar (Tolkuchka in Russian means "a lot of elbowing")
Turkmenistan - Tolkuchka Oriental Bazaar
Turkmenistan, Ancient Merv - UNESCO World Heritage Site
On the road from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Historic Centre of Bukhara - UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalyan minaret
Uzbekistan: Historic Centre of Bukhara - UNESCO World Heritage Site Mir-i-Arab madrassah
Uzbekistan: Historic Centre of Bukhara - UNESCO World Heritage Site Samanids mausoleum and pool
Water Conservation in Bukhara
Uzbekistan: Historic Centre of Bukhara - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Uzbekistan: Historic Centre of Bukhara - UNESCO World Heritage Site Arq fortress
Musical instruments in Bukhara
Elizabeth's group waiting for entertainment to begin
Former Madrassah/Mosque - entertainment venue and shops
Uzbekistan: Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site Guri Amir
Uzbekistan: Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site The Registan
Uzbekistan Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site The Registan, interior
Uzbekistan: Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site Shah-i-Zinde
Uzbekistan: Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site Shah-i-Zinde interior
Uzbekistan: Samarkand-Crossroads of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Site Shah-i-Zinde ceiling
Samarkand - View from Shah-i-Zinde
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Alisher Navoi Theatre
Uzbekistan: Taskent Meros Centre for Traditional Arts
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Meros Centre, formerly the Abdul Khasim Madrassa
Tajikistan: Ancient Town of Penjikent - UNESCO World Heritage Site submission
Tajikistan: Penjikent - Rudaki Museum
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek skyline
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek National Historical Museum - Statue of Erkindik (Freedom) replaced Lenin
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek, Statue of Lenin relegated to square behing the museum
Statue of Lenin
Kyrgystan - on the way to Chon-Kemin Valley
Kyrgyzstan: Chon-Kemin Valley Dinner preparation
Kyrgyzstan: Chon-Kemin Valley Demonstration of Kyrgz horse game, Ulak Tartysh, a sort of polo played with a goat carcass
Kyrgyzstan: Chon-Kemin Valley
Kyrgyzstan: Chon-Kemin Valley Local shop (only one we saw)
Kyrgyzstan: Chon-Kemin Valley Ashu Guesthouse
Kazakhstan yurt
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Panfilov Park, St. Nicholas Cathedral
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Panifilov Park, WWII Soviet war memorial comemorating the 28 soldiers of an Almaty infantry unit who died fighting off Nazi tanks near Moscow in 1941
