Photo Albums in chronological order
Various Group photos
Pre-Trip Day 1: Beijing: Forbidden
City
Pre-Trip Day 2: Beijing: Hutong
tour
Pre-Trip Day 3: Beijing: Great
Wall
Pre-Trip Day 4: Beijing: Tiannemen and
Temples
Day 1: Xi’an: Walls, Inscription
Museum
Day 2: Xi’an: Terra Cotta Warriors;
Great Mosque
Day 3: Urumqi: Market
Day 4: Urumqi: Xinjiang University, Folklore
Museum
Day 5: Turpan, Toyuk Valley, Idikut,
Astana
Day 6: Turpan: Jiaohe, karez irrigation
system, Emin minaret
Day 7: Urumqi: Shri Shi Go
Canyon
Day 8: Kashgar: Apak Hoja, Animal Market,
Idkah Mosque
Day 9: Torugart Pass from China to
Kyrgyzstan
Day 10: Naryn: State University, visit to
Kyrgyz family
Day 11: Transfer to Issyk-Kul,
petroglyphs
Day 12: Issyk-Kul: seminars and
relaxation
Day 13: transfer to Bishkek, Burana
Minaret
Day 14: Bishkek: Silk Road Conference,
Mayor’s banquet
Day 15: Historical Museum, dinner chez Rahat
Achilova
Day 16: Osh: museum, Solomon’s
mountain, bazaar
Day 17: Transfer to Uzbekistan; silk
factory
Day 18: Transfer to Tashkent via car, ceramic
workshop, Khan’s Palace
Day 19: Kukeldash medressa, Khas Imam
Mosque
Day 20: Music Conservatory, Transfer to
Nukus
Day 21: Chipylk-kala, Savitsky Museum, Amu
Darya
Day 22: Khiva city tour, mosques, madressas,
you name it.
Day 23: Khiva: seminar, transfer to
Tashkent
Day 24: Ibn Sina Museum, Naqshband Mausoleum,
Bukhara
Day 25: Bukhara: madrassas, mosques,
caravanserai, hammam
Day 26: Bukhara: minaret, Samani mausoleum,
Char Minar
Center for Development of Photography
Photos
Day 27: Shahrisabz: Timurid
monuments
Day 28: Samarkand: Observatory of Ulug Beg,
Tomb of Timur
Day 29: Samarkand: Arcaheological Museum,
mosques, Registan, concert
Photos of 19th Century
Samarkand
Day 30: Samarkand: seminar, shopping, folk
show.
Day 31: Samarkand: shopping, seminar,
dancing
Day 32: Timur’s Pass, Tashkent Museum
of Applied Arts
Day 33: Institute for Oriental Studies, NGO
Yog’du
Day 34: Seminar at UW Uzbek Center, theatre
and opera
Day 35: Istanbul, Galatta, Topkapi, Blue
Mosque. Taxim
Day 36: Basilica Cistern, Islamic Art Museum,
Hagia Sophia
Day 37: Covered Bazaar, Suleiman Mosque, boat
ride
Day 38: (A) Yesevi Cultural Center, Golden
Horn
Day 38: (B) Ankara, Anatolian Museum, Bilkent
seminar
Day 39: (A) Ephesus
Day 39: (B) Sultanhani Caravanserai,
Konya.
Day 40: (A) Kusadasi, boatride.
Day 40: (B) Catalhoyuk, Mevlana Museum,
Pamukkale
Day 41: (A) Kusadasi (B) Didyma, Miletus,
Kusadasi
Day 42: Ephesus, seminar, boat ride, farewell
dinner
Aftermath: Istanbul and points
west