Details Of Samarkand, Part Three

Several trips were made to Samarkand during the three years Sarah and James were posted to Tashkent. They were hosting visitors, going to conferences, enjoying the quick, two-hour train ride. Twist their arms.

More trips, more details. Apologies for some overlap images from older posts. Sometimes new juxtapositions breathe new life to photographs.

Big statue, small people.

In a sleeper train car, your own, sealed in plastic, linens. Silk Road slow reveal.

Precious cargo on a small bike. A little color in the grey.

Political posters for an upcoming election. Spoiler alert, the guy on the right wins. He always wins. Leftovers.

Pressure washing the past. Cleaning a new interpretation of Silk Road architecture near a convention center campus.