Travelling the Silk Road

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This article is still a 'work in progress', and is a 'companion' article to my upcoming Trans-Siberian Railway Trip, so keep checkin' in. I have loads more photos I'd like to put onto this article!

Check it out!! Let the pictures tell the story......

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The Journey Begins - Saint Petersburg
Often referred to as "the Venice of the North", at least in...

Church of the Saviour on the Blood

Battleship 'Aurora', St Petersburg
The ship that 'started' the Russian Revolution in 1917. By firing a...

Moscow Kremlin
Far from being just the place where the scary commie bosses plotted...

Changing of the guard, the Kremlin

'Royal' Guards, Moscow Kremlin

The Kremlin
Palace Guards. In the background is the Church of the Ascencion.

Church of the Ascension, the Kremlin.
The Church where Russian Czars were crowned.

Saint Basils Cathedral, Moscow
Commissioned by Ivan the Terrible, there is a myth surrounding this cathedral...

The Moscow METRO.
It has to be seen to be believed. Each station on the Moscow Metro is...

Moscow Metro
Just missed the train? No matter, the next one will be there in two minutes.....

Taganskaya Metro Station
Dedicated to the 'Great and Glorious Soviet Space Program'. Other...

Holocaust Monument, Victory Park
Decicated to the six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis during WW2.

Trans-Kazak Railway
From Moscow, we take the train from Moscow, through Kazakhstan, to...

Chosor Bazaar, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Tashkent Earthquake Memorial
26 April, 1966; The city of Tashkent was flattened by a massive Earthquake...

Textile Museum, Tashkent.
Not the most spectacular exhibit-wise, the Textile Museum is covered with...

The Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

The Registan

Amir Timur Mausoleum
Amir Timur (also know as Tamerlane) rivalled Ghengis Khan as a conqueror and...

The Registan

Mir-i-Arab Medressa, Bukhara
Taken from atop the Kalon Minaret, at one time the tallest building in...

The Ark Fortress, Bukhara
The oldest building in Bukhara, the Ark is over 1500 years old....

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article published 1/18/2007

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Wow! You covered a lot of ground, especially if you went BACK on the Trans-Siberian. Your shots are excellent. I had no problem opening them. They are big images, which I appreciate as too many articles have much smaller photos, so you just need to be patient. Thanks again.
— Ray Price, January 24, 2007

Very nice pictures! Unfortunately I also have problem loading all the photos, only managed to see half of them. Really hope to see all cos my Silk Road trip last Sept was a different route compared with yours.
— Yue Li, January 23, 2007

Enjoyed the photos. I didn't have any trouble opening them. Looking forward to the next article.
— Chris and Rich Hanley, January 20, 2007

Excellent Collection
Thank you so much for sharing some excellent place, great place and equally great photography. Somehow I had problem in opening your photos, no, it's not internet connection issue, particularly yours photos were not loading properly. Is it possible for you to share the photos in some file share mode like (http://www.sharebigfile.com, http://www.drivehq.com/Storage.aspx). I would certainly like to watch your complete tour.
— Kalyan, January 20, 2007