Diary, Uzbekistan

Excerpts of travel notebook : from Tashkent to Nukus, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, 2008
Market day in a village near Samarkand, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
Two girls sing the patriotic anthem at the opening of a competition between the school of Tersak and the scholl of a neighboring village. Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
On the road between Tersak and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
On the road between Tersak and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
Revered ancient tree on the site Kasri Arifon, shrine dedicated to a Naqshbandi Sufi figures. around Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
Friday's prayer in front of men's mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
in a choixona (tea house), Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
Young woman with a cell in the streets of old parts of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
The brides' car, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy
Professional dancers officiating at a wedding in Guijduvan, around Bukhara, Uzbekistan ©Anne Barthélemy
Women dancing at a wedding in Guijduvan, around Bukhara, Uzbekistan ©Anne Barthélemy
Women dancing at a wedding in Guijduvan, around Bukhara, Uzbekistan ©Anne Barthélemy
Cars that run on gas, collective taxis, buses. Roads of Uzbekistan. ©Anne Barthélemy