A Visit To The Dushanbe Zoo

Sometimes old zoos have cute scale and charm. And sometimes they're just old. Which has its own charm, just probably not for the animals.

Alligator pen, funky mix of brick, rock, astro-turf and patio tile meant to look like pebbles. The gator doesn't seem to care.

Goats, gazing. "Where is the Amazon truck?" Bright colors. No animals.

Coyotes, making the most of their back alley-looking enclosure.

Boar, rooting. Probably not finding any truffles. Is that green liquid spent nuclear fuel? Snake cage. Wait, that's a pipe.

Ode to Garry Winogrand. Make your own entertainment.

Displaying A Great Life In Dushanbe

Technology enabling fantasy. Dushanbe has embraced the advances in hack photoshop work and the ability to print large images on vinyl. Many construction sites around town proudly display the future in all its over-saturated, Tik Tok looking, eternal youth beauty.

Sometimes it's hard to tell where the fantasy ends (A parking garage!, Young love!) and the dusty reality of a construction site begins.

Our Random Image Of Awe Inspiring Natural Beauty Here. Future, garish cupcake in the place of old, iconic, Soviet architecture. Threatening.

What's the connection? What this plot looked like 2,000 years ago? Two years ago?

Your life, projected. You like skateboarding, yoga, making deals and your boyfriend, right? Or maybe you're a pool, Heated Rivalry TV show guy?

Back to a construction fence, Wizard of Oz miles of flowers to cheer up the glum of building.