grindle in #hive-132248 • 2 days agoRandom snaps, dumping Almaty. Just a few non specific shots of Almaty where I was on an overnight stay. ![IMG_8077.jpeg](grindle in #hive-142159 • 4 days agoIn a galaxy far far away. #monomad challenge. Walt Disneys Hgrindle in #hive-186239 • 7 days agoTo infinity and beyond. Sometimes touristic: Sometimes creative.So, out for an Indian the other night with son and his family, when talk got round to "When do you want to go Florida again". We were last there, the fivgrindle in #hive-163772 • 10 days agoAscension Cathedral, Almaty. Kazakhstan.Panfilov park is not just about the death and destruction of war, lets have a look at a cathedral shall we? ![_DSC4569.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 13 days ago28 Panfilov Guardsmen ParkThe urban park surrounds The Ascension Cathedral, in Almaty. It is dedicated to and named after the Panfilov heroes; 28 soldiers of an Alma-Ata Infantry unigrindle in #hive-163772 • 16 days ago Kok Kok and more Kok.The littlgrindle in #hive-163772 • 19 days agoThe power of water.Well not really a gorge more a stroll down country lanes bordered by snow capped peaks to a lake, (lake Issyk), that was formed thousands of years ago,grindle in #hive-163772 • 22 days ago Rocking it. Stan No 2 What was I expecting? A route march Bus loads of selfie obsessed pouting instasnappergram wasters clogging up the scenery. ![IMG_8041 2.jpeg](httpgrindle in #hive-153349 • 25 days agoPhotoFeed Contest - Black & White Photography Round 89 - Available light.A night time stroll down to Registan Square, Samarkand. (from my series "Travelling the Stans"). Fountains and water. ![_DSC5113.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 28 days agoMemorial and a lady in red. grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthKarakol: Keep the faithHoly Trinity Cathedral ![_DSC4329.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthSome gorges, bulls and food.Barskaun Gorge "I'm much too young to feel this god damn old" , Garth Brooks, 1989, his debut single, have been a fan ever since,grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthKarakhanid Minaret and the Chon-Kemin Gorge. KyrgyzstanThe Burana Tower is a minaret in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan. ![_DSC4039_PANORAMA.jpeg](grindle in #hive-153349 • last month Young v Old. Tashkent. Uzbekistan. PhotoFeed Contest - Black & White Photography Round 87Just two of the many shots I took whilst passing through Tashkent, taken from the series "Travelling the Stans" on my blog.…grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthOsh Bazar. Bishkek. A pleasant assault on the senses.![_DSC3944.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoBurkutchi in Bokonbaev.![_DSC419grindle in #hive-142159 • 2 months agoAmongst the Kyrgyz people #monomad challengeUnder the arch we go, it is welcoming us in the languages of Kyrgyz and russian, "as sponsored by coca cola". This is Osh Market in Bishkekgrindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoBishkek Circus. Soviet architecture at its best.[Sourgrindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoTonight we're gonna party like its 1991.Igrindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoBishkek. Kyrgyzstan. A wander in daylight. Enough of Western Europe, lets take you on one of my top 3 trips ever. It was over a three week period in September last year through 3 of the 5 Stans. (ta