The joy of animals (best viewed with F11 and L).
One of the nicest things of my trip were the animals in those countries roaming around freely. everywhere there were cows, sheep, horses, goats dogs and cats, camels, dromedaries, and pigs. I am a biologist, and I feel very connected to animals. It always fulfills me with joy if I see them around.These two calves melted my heart away, and I think the expression of the left one, will do the same to you!
Another thing is the amount of flowers in the fields, and it is probably related to the animal life outside. What a difference with my own country, and the ecodeserts there.
This picture was taken in Georgia, in the village of Ushguli (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushguli). The wonderful architecture, the great landscape and the millions of butterflies will for me be ever engraved into my memories (I will post later more of this wonderful place).
Almost two months ago I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
The joy of animals (best viewed with F11 and L).
One of the nicest things of my trip were the animals in those countries roaming around freely. everywhere there were cows, sheep, horses, goats dogs and cats, camels, dromedaries, and pigs. I am a biologist, and I feel very connected to animals. It always fulfills me with joy if I see them around.These two calves melted my heart away, and I think the expression of the left one, will do the same to you!
Another thing is the amount of flowers in the fields, and it is probably related to the animal life outside. What a difference with my own country, and the ecodeserts there.
This picture was taken in Georgia, in the village of Ushguli (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushguli). The wonderful architecture, the great landscape and the millions of butterflies will for me be ever engraved into my memories (I will post later more of this wonderful place).
Almost two months ago I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.