Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: Central Asia

Fat bottomed sheep…they make the rocking world go round .. At a livestock market in Central Asia. Sheep for sale. These are the standard sheep here. The fat is valued highly, and used in cooking as lean meat is seen as tasteless and inhospitable to offer to people. It appears as cubes on kebab sticks, or as cooked lumps on top of dishes. I would imagine that the brutal climate and subsistence life here sees it as a source for the animal to draw on when times are tough. The huge lump on the backside is pure fat, and sold in markets for a high price as a large white lump, which looks most unappetising. Happy Friday and all the best for a happy and uplifting weekend.

On thé Pamir Highway at around 3500 mètres of altitude in the middle of nowhere in Tajikistan, the Great Fence of China (border )unrolls for a few hundred kilometres keeping out no-one in this vast desolation. It is surreal to see. I hope your Friday is gentle and kind, and your weekend peaceful.

A giant black bee on wildflowers in Tajikistan. I have not seen a black bee before! Happy Thursday….❤️

From the middle of the KyzylQ’um Desert in Uzbekistan. A lunch stop in endless hot plains where the summer temperatures are in the 50°+ range. Today is about 36° The ancient camel trains of the Silk Route traversed these desert tracks from China to Türkiye. We were on the road today through this for 7 hours moving from Khiva to Bukhara. Have a fabulous weekend. Peace and good health to all xxx

Near Gulmaris. Local women making felt carpet from sheep and goat wools.

Village home

Local children

El Amin model school. English medium, co-ed. Some students walk 15 km each way to school daily across scree slopes and mountain trails.

Myself and girls in a lesson. This was in 2000.

Gulmit Post Office on the Karakoram Highway

Local children and mulberry tree

House

Village house, Passu

Potato and barley fields amid the mountains

Gulmaris Glacier track

Gulmit village, Hunza River,and the Passu Cathedral pinnacles.

On the Karakoram Highway. Ismaili Muslim family

High in the Pamir Range along the Karakoram Highway