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SILK ROAD - How many is too many Mars? ;) .
Having some fun with Photoshop and the Presidential suite at the Golden Eagle luxury train while on our way to Turkmenistan.
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TASHKENT - Can you guess who that is and where I'm.standing?
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This is Cosmonauts metro station in the capital of Uzbekistan. The oldest surviving metro system in central asia.
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Since 2018 you are allowed to photograph the many ornate and themed stations and platforms in the metro including this one devoted to Soviet astronauts like Yuri Gagarin the first person to travel to space. .
Tue colours of the tiles change from blue to black and white like the Earth's atmosphere.
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The metro could not be photographed until 2018 because it was set aside as an air shelter in case of nuclear attacks this being a sensitive military target heavily guarded.
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JODHPUR - Scroll all the way to see a panoramic view.
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The Blue City of Jodhpur in Rajasthan has a city core with most houses painted in blue, inside and out. This has given the city its nickname .
The colour is associated with the Brahmin, an Indian caste of teachers and priests that follow Shiva and like to paint their houses blue, the colour of this Hindu God.
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The colour is also believed to keep mosquitoes away and, let's admit it, makes for amazing photography.
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SINGAPORE - I love Singapore's colonial shop house architecture but did you know there are 4 marked style periods?
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The most typical and recognisable style is this one, with the ornate facade and the top windows that were typical of the 2nd half of the 19th century, but there are 3 other from later periods the last one of which evolved into Art Deco architecture (with the square facades straight lines and high spyres).
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These houses on the picture are in Emerald Hill, a very high end area off Orchard Road that is quiet and lined with very expensive and pretty homes.
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Shophouse architecture can also be found in Malacca and Penang, in Malaysia.
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MERV, TURKMENISTAN - a UNESCO site in the middle of the desert that was inhabited by several civilisations from the Bronze Age till the Middle Ages.
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Although not much of Merv has been preserved and a lot still needs to be excavated, this Mausoleum to Sultan Ahmed Sanjar is the only full structure standing. .
It is said that when the Moguls ransacked the area they spared ig for fear. .
The mausoleum dates to the 12th century and it had a dome decorated with lie glazed tiles as was typical in the area.
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The mausoleum does not hold his tomb because they were worried about tomb robbers so it ended in another unknown location. .
This structure and Sultan Sanjat are found on Turkmenistan notes.
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BUKHARA - I have never been so happy to wake up at 5am than to explore the empty streets of Bukhara as the sun was rising.
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This ancient city along the Silk Road still has many well preserved mosques, markets, caravanserai and madrasas most of which have these truly stunning domed gates. I could stare at them for hours, each unique, each the result of so much intricate work.
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Alone with just our cameras, tripod and a thick sweater (it was really cold!) @edwin.grummitt and I wandered the streets waiting for the sunlight to hit the blue tiles, it was magical. I have him to thank for this great shot.
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SAMARKAND - The completely breathtaking Registan Square with it's three madrasas and many mosques is one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen.
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Samarkand was one of the most famous stops along the Silk Road and it's filled with incredible sights.
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I have to say I could have spent a whole day just in this square looking at the details of all the buildings. .
Photo by my best friend and favourite travel partner @edwin.grummitt
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KHIVA - Khiva used to be a major stop along the Silk Road and is famous for this large blue minaret that you see in the background and which is in fact unfinished.
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As a stop in the Silk Road, it gathered importance centuries ago, but for sobering and dark reasons as it was home to one of the most important slave markets in the region and to a large prison.
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Today, Khiva receives some tourism although it is less famous than Samarkand or Bukhara. It is often referred to as a living museum because most of the old buildings are now used for tourism infrastructure and shops but are not inhabited.
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I'm standing atop the former wall of the citadel some parts of which have been preserved.
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STEPPE - I love train travel, I always have, and if its onboard a luxury train even better. Fine China, silverware, crystal glasses and a cooked to order breakfast the train makes its way across the Uzbek steppe. .
I never knew how much of central asia is vast emptiness, pure dusty desert with little life, kilometer upon kilometer of nothingness to the naked eye. But there is life, just hidden and adapted to the extreme heat and cold, to the lack of water.
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This is why the cities along the Silk Route were so important to traders and caravans, among so much hardship, they were real oasis.
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I couldn't peel myself away from the window trying to imagine what it must have been like. .
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GIRLS GETAWAY - Ingredients:
- 2 overworked girls
- 2 hour spa at a private villa
- Bottle of champagne
- Great views
- 1 Luxury villa
- An amazing big bed
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WHO WOULD RATHER BE HERE?
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