Dried herbs are smoked and employed as a purifying and blessing tool in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. These women insisted Audrey breathe in the smoke to help cleanse her lungs. She fell into a coughing fit instead. Dig deeper into Central Asian Cuisine and find out the best and worst of food and markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
School boys ham it up on their way home from school in Murghab, Tajikistan. We thought they looked quite snazzy in their suits. Read more about our adventures in the Pamirs.
Intersections in large Central Asian cities are often equipped with underground walkways. Some of these underground passages are filled with shops and take on a life all their own. These three friendly young women help us stock up on paper supplies while in Bishkek. We gave each other (in broken Russian and English) some good laughs along the way. Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.
