onizou idea nomads - uzbekistan - gerhard seizer & klara sibeck

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009/JUL/01-10

UZBEKISTAN

Flat land and nice trains makes Uzbekistan easy to travel. We focused on the cities this time and hopped from Tashkent to Bukhara and Samarkand, with a relaxed designer talk and refreshing workshop on the way.

onizou idea nomads - tashkent workshop

 

how to promote a soft water, uzbek style? maybe it transforms into silk...

>2009/JUL/04 tashkent workshop

onizou idea nomads - tashkent talk

 

tapchans and laid-back atmosphere formed the backdrop for THE IDEA NOMADS’ first get-together in tashkent... >2009/JUL/02 tashkent talk

 

 


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distance traveled 1515 km
elapsed time 9 days 0 hours 21 minutes 0 seconds
average speed 7 km/h

 

 


silk production in fergana valley

border uzbekistan/kyrgyzstan
investing in a lighter
cheese balls
big lunch
silk drying
women only
untangling
killing silk worms
untangling silk cocoons
dried cocoons
silk scraps drying
sorting cocoons
silk threads
hot hot hot
what's up?
silk scraps drying in the yard
silk threads
precious threads
tie-dye silk
tie-dye silk
decoration in the weaving room
silk fabric weaving
boys boys boys
silk fabric weaving
making carpets
carpet under construction
making carpets
silk spinnery
cocoon
silk shop


big city life in tashkent

tashkent apartment block
300 USD in uzbek currency (luckily we brought a backpack)
lunch guest
plov centre - best plov lunch in the world?
SALE
house
fitting right in at Al Delfeen restaurant
pool at ali tour hostel
the bird that woke us up every morning
bargaining
carrot salad
the tough guys
bazar ceiling
round bazar
at the bazar
bazar
mmm, fruit
parking for bread strollers
saturday walk
Lada in old town
old town
smile.uz
funky street light
proud pipe masters
water pipe at Al Delfeen
protecting the little needle trees from the heat - we never needed that in Sweden
on the station
bukhara night train
russian style night train to bukhara
coal burning heater on the train - as if it wasn't hot enough


hot streets of bukhara

bukhara lyabi house hotel
morning on the terrace
the nicest breakfast room we ever had
light
decorative power
making friends
camel
endless amount of tiles
water supply
minaret
facing Mecka
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timing
blue blue tiles
blue tiles all over
khalon minaret
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in the alley
craftsmanship
blending in
fancy a carpet?
jewelry market
onizou city overview
sooo hot
mini minaret
favorite mosque
chunky old mausoleum
connected
nice ride
blue gate
at the 500-year old hamam
getting wet in the hamam
table neighbors
kicking back
biking around
sharp stuff
nice ride
blue is the color
sign
through the streets
woman and bag
detail work
number 54
sign
number 61
backstreet bukhara
onizou at the minaret
big sheep
watching the game
old town football
peeking out
khalon mosque
taking a break
mega-carpets
rooftop view
fence
dramatic nights
fun in the evening sun
sakura cherry wine
uzbek wine tasting


mosaic overload in samarkand

sharq train from bukhara
boarding the sharq train
train station
hotel garden
heavy traffic
intel inside
good morning
wall
distant tower
shah-i-zinda
carvings
blue blue blue
century-old decorations
too much blue tiles
blue blue tiles
towards the sky
shah-i-zinda
everyone is making their own part of the new road
splash
framed by fading mosaic
grapes in bibi khanym mosque
shiny grapes
workers on roof
old bukhara home
watching the sunrise from the minaret - 05.30 am
onizou in samarkand
minaret window
early morning medressa
sleeping
mausoleum