Uzbekistan in october 2003
Travel-Photos by a writer since 1968
Khiva views
Important oasis on the Silk Road
(17 photos by Mario Biondi)
Khiva's buildings
Mosques, madrasas and so on
(21 photos by Mario Biondi)
Khiva's people
Very beautiful and friendly
(13 photos by Mario Biondi)
Cotton fields
October: season of the cotton picking
(13 photos by Mario Biondi)
Amu-Darya River (Oxus)
Alexander the Great crossed it
(9 photos by Mario Biondi)
Old Bukhara
Mosques, madrasas, walls...
(41 photos by Mario Biondi)
Bukhara people
Very, very beautiful and friendly
(28 photos by Mario Biondi)
Bukhara: Summer Palace
The Emir built this palace
(21 photos by Mario Biondi)
Bukhara: Chor Bakr and Nakshbandi
Two venerated mausoleums and cemeteries
(12 photos by Mario Biondi)
Shakrisabz
Hometown of Tamerlane
(27 photos by Mario Biondi)
Old Samarkand
The ancient capital of Tamerlane
(29 photos by Mario Biondi)
Samarkand's Registan
The world famous Central Square of Samarkand
(12 photos by Mario Biondi)
Samarkand's people
In and near the bazar
(17 photos by Mario Biondi)
Tashkent
Very few photos, it was cold and rainy
(4 photos by Mario Biondi)
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