Category Archives: Kyrgyzstan

Ala Too Mountains

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rosemary
Kyrgyz landscape with Ala Too Mts

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Kyrgyzstan 2012 The last rays of sun strike an apple orchard on the north shore of Issyk Kul Lake. Contact Penelope at www.uzbekjourneys.com for information about Kyrgyzstan natural beauty.

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Kyrgyz Matriarch

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Rosemary
grandmotherly woman wearing traditional Kyrgyz headdress

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Kyrgyzstan 2012 We were welcomed by this beautiful woman who offered a tray of fresh pastries as we entered a home in Barskoon Village. She was full of energy, helping put up a yurt for our benefit and seeing to the simmering plov cooked … Continue reading →

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Burana Tower

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Rosemary
Kyrgyzstan landscape with Burana tower

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Kyrgyzstan 2012 The snow capped  Ala Too Mountains lie in the distance. In the mid-ground is the Burana tower which was a beacon to silk road caravans. In the foreground are old mill stones lining the path leading to the … Continue reading →

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Flowing LInes

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Rosemary
abstract design in Utah sandstone rocks

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Utah, USA 2013 It looks like an aerial map with rivers, deltas and terra firma. The colors make me think of Africa now that I’m writing this. But the shapes also make me think of Kyrgyzstan, when my friend, Torie, called … Continue reading →

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Piroshki Kyrgyz Style

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Rosemary
Kyrgyz women sell piroshki to travelers

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Kyrgyzstan 2012 We stopped at a place called Cold Water on our way to Issykul Lake from Bishkek. It must have been a popular stop for travelers when Russia still operated sanatoriums along the lake shore (for all those workers who needed … Continue reading →

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Procession in Mongolia

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Rosemary
Kyrgyz woman holding komuz

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Mongolia 2014 Jim Zuckerman chose our vantage point at the Eagle Festival and to this day, I feel grateful. We faced the mountain; this barren, scrub-covered, brown hill that provided a perfect backdrop to our photos. The shade from the mountain … Continue reading →

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In the Ala Too Mountains

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Rosemary
A Kyrgyz Eagle hunter dressed in traditional clothing and fox fur hat holds his champion Eagle

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Kyrgyzstan 2012 This is my best portrait of this handsome man and his champion eagle. How perfect is it that her head is just above his face? And both of them have a lovely expression. Expression is key in portraits. … Continue reading →

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Postcard from the Kremlin

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Rosemary
Post card of the Kremlin in Moscow

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Moscow 2009 Shot from the bus window. I used to never shoot from the window of a moving vehicle, especially one that I couldn’t open. But when you are confined in a bus and you have a digital camera, well, … Continue reading →

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Ala Too Mountains

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Rosemary
landscape of Kyrgyzstan: Sunrise on the Ala Too Mountains

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Kyrgyzstan 2013 We walked through the village down the road to Lake Issyk Kul. A few fishermen in rowboats hunched over their lines on the smooth blue water of the lake. Golden poplar trees formed the foreground for the glorious Ala Too … Continue reading →

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Wheat Field and Lake Issyk Kul

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Rosemary
digital painting of a wheat field on Issyk Kul Lake

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Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan 2013 Torie, remember her?, wanted to photograph the Kyrgyz cemetery. So, we stopped. The Kyrgyz do not want strangers wandering among their graves photographing the mini-mosques and other fanciful structures that mark the resting place of … Continue reading →

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