Selfportrait on a yurt
The low sun throws a shadow of me (in my aussie hat) on the felt "wall" of a yurt - I couldn't resist making a picture.
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A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Nation-wide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the oust... [read more]
A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Nation-wide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the oust... [read more] Blog: Selfportrait
Date: October 15th 2004
The exact date doesn't really matter, so I'll leave it at today's date - this is just a little post to say hello, everyone. :) Sometime in August 2001, in Kyrgyzstan, we watched a yurt being built for us to sleep in, in an orchard near Lake Yssyk-Kol. When it was finished, the sun was low in the sky ... so I could make this little self portrait. ... read more
Date: October 15th 2004
The exact date doesn't really matter, so I'll leave it at today's date - this is just a little post to say hello, everyone. :) Sometime in August 2001, in Kyrgyzstan, we watched a yurt being built for us to sleep in, in an orchard near Lake Yssyk-Kol. When it was finished, the sun was low in the sky ... so I could make this little self portrait. ... read more
