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    • China
      • Shanghaied
      • Approaching the Middle Kingdom
      • Mei ban fa
      • Goodbye Ramadan, Hello China
    • Kyrgyzstan
      • Shashlyk and jailoos
      • From Kochkor to Karakol
      • Foolishness at 3800 meters
      • Long road to China
    • Uzbekistan
      • Do you know Viagra?
      • Taking care of business
    • Turkmenistan
      • Turkmenbashy's vision
      • Fire and brimstone
    • Azerbaijan
      • Flaming gold teeth
      • High pastures of pain
    • Georgia
      • Pork, sweat and beer
      • Cooling off in the Caucasus
    • Turkey
      • Turkey—without the beach
    • Syria
      • Bosra's black ruins
      • Rubble, ruin and rocks
      • Damascus, Aleppo, and the Axis of Evil
    • Jordan
      • Petra rocks
      • A week in Amman
    • Egypt
      • To Cairo
      • The Nile valley almost defeats us
      • Escape to the Sinai
    • Portugal
      • Fattening up in Portugal
    • Italy
      • Heathrow = Hell
      • Italy through glazed eyes
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Italy | Portugal | Egypt | Jordan | Syria | Turkey | Georgia | Azerbaijan | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | Kyrgyzstan | China | Taiwan | Philippines

Ashgabat | Merv | Darvaza | Konye Urgench

sleeping in the sun
sleeping in the sun
script
script
pilgrims
pilgrims
our driver and Gypbar
our driver and Gypbar
kissing mausoleum door
kissing mausoleum door
gasoline is cheaper than water
gasoline is cheaper than water
door with lock
door with lock
depressing skyline
depressing skyline
cradle for a child
cradle for a child
con man
con man
cisterns
cisterns
tilework
tilework
tile detail
tile detail
mausoleum tilework
mausoleum tilework
mausoleum of Il Arslan
mausoleum of Il Arslan
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