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Khiva, Uzbekistan

I spent a few quiet nights in Khiva, staying in a small guesthouse in the northeast corner of the city. Others had warned me of its overly-sanitized state, but I found it surprisingly charming. After the bus tours had left and the shops had packed up for the night, the city would settle into a somnambulant state, the buildings lit with colored lights, the streets devoid of life.

Late one afternoon, I walked the city walls. The sun sank slowly towards the horizon and I watched from the ramparts as couples walked home and children responded slowly to calls for supper. The night before I had watched the sun set from atop the Kukhana Ark. That evening, I watched from small openings in the city's defenses.

The building in the foreground is the Mohammed Rakhim Khan Medressa, with the Juma minaret to the right. The wall in the foreground are the ramparts of the Kukhana Ark.

Comments (7)

lovely

Posted by Krunal on 09 May 2010, 4.06 PM

This blog is so interesting. this is lovely! i will follow you :)

Posted by Barbara on 10 May 2010, 5.06 AM

Nice composition, I love the texture of those walls - the B&W really enhances the atmosphere.

Posted by Miles Wolstenholme on 14 May 2010, 8.29 AM

Thanks all!

Miles: The more I shoot black and white, the more I can't imagine not shooting it. :-)

Posted by eugene on 16 May 2010, 8.50 AM

yes! very good shot

Posted by Irine on 11 Aug 2010, 2.48 PM

Thanks Irine! I'm finally getting back to my long-neglected blog. :-)

Posted by eugene on 03 Sep 2010, 12.59 AM

Beautiful shot !

Posted by Laurent on 05 Feb 2011, 5.32 PM

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