One curious phenomenon throughout Central Asia are the props on offer at parks and other main sites. As stuffed animals and plastic cars are everywhere, we assume there must be a demand for photos of children with them. This particular group of lonely stuffed animals hangs out near Lenin Park in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
The view right after crossing the Torugart Pass from Kyrgyzstan to China. www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/welcome-to-china/
While the woman at the shop overwhelmingly recommended this bottle (or so we thought, since we don't understand any Mandarin), we wondered about "brewed with grape juice." In the end, it wasn't a bad wine...and it seemed to get better each day. www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/liv-tyler-and-chinese-wine/
