Uzbekistan - Bazar





Homemade bread, a new pair of trousers, 50 kg of rice and a bottle of gaz…
Name it, you’ll find it!

Uzbekistan - Street business






Little is needed to do business. Just walk over, look around and start bargaining...

Uzbekistan - Khiva streets





Maze of earth, cool shade and swallows flying about.

Uzbekistan - Central Asian Ladies…


Uzbekistan - Aral Sand, no comment




Uzbekistan - Karakalpak sand casttles




Ruins of castles and strongholds dating back to 400 BC.
40 degrees and little shade, don't forget your bottle of water!

Uzbekistan - Wood and tiles





Uzbekistan - Wood and soil



Kazakstan - The moon and the womb





Far from the inhabitated steppes and closer to the old Silk Road, Southern Kazakstan is rich with historical and religious artefacts. Timurid architecture and Uzbekistan are not far...

Kazakstan - Menu du jour





Put two chops of meat and fat on the stick,
that is the secret for tasty shashlik...

Kazakstan - Portraiting


Kazakstan - Steppe and mountains






Travelling with my brother, from the dry and sunburnt plains to the hilly green pastures at the foot of snow tipped Tian Shan moutains.

Kazakstan - Russian park





As they settled far from home the Russians must have missed their forests : they planted considerable numbers of trees in parks and along avenues in Almaty, thus offering generous green areas.

Kazakstan – Sitting in the grass


Russia – Pick your flavor




Russia - Tatarstan



A simple look at the horizon reminds the visitor that Kazan is one of the places where Russian and Tatar cultures meet. One step closer to Asia...

Russia - Backstreet break







Beside the breathtaking view from the Kremlin on the Volga, Nijnyi Novgorod secretly rests in its quiet backstreets and court yards.