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Uzbekistan 1 - 10 October 2023 10 Days/9 Nights The Exotic Silk Road PHOTOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION Book Both Tours 1 + 2 and save US $1000! The Exotic Silk Road Photo Tour 2 UZBEKISTAN 1 - 10 OCTOBER 2023 10 DAYS/9 NIGHTS REGISTAN SQUARE, SAMARKAND THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR. The Exotic Silk Road PHOTOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION Silk Road Photo Tour 2 • 10 Days US$5995 An invitation from Peter Eastway... are invited to join just one or sign up for both of 4 them (there’s a discount if you join them both), In 2019, I travelled through Uzbekistan, but don’t ask me to suggest which one will be the Kyrgyztan and Kazakhstan with a group of keen best - they are both going to be simply amazing. photographers and a long time friend and European photo guide. Mehmet Ozbalci. The second tour explores remarkable Uzbekistan. While there are lots of wonderful landscape, we’re The trip was so successful that we’ve planned a a little more focused on the architecture and the return photo tour for 2023 that will be bigger and people. Highights include Samarkand’s Registan better! Square (you’ll recognise it when you see it) and the ancient towns of Khiva and Bukhara. As we travelled around the ‘three Stans’ in 2019, both Mehmet and I made extensive notes on how On the following pages, you can read a brief we could extend the itinerary so we had more synopsis of what we have planned. We need 6 time in these amazing loctions; how we could add intrepid photographers to accompany us in 2023 in extra locations we had to drive past because (maximum number is 10) to make it happen. So, there wasn’t time in 16 days; and how we could do you have a sense of adventure? Would you like optimise our photography shoots to come back to add one, two or three Stans to your passport? with even more amazing photographs. Bookings and further inquiries via email to Kim The outcome is two different Silk Road photo Valenti - [email protected] tours, one of 14-days, the second 10-days. You A musician poses in Khiva The Exotic Silk Road 5 The Exotic Silk Road The Travel Program - Silk Road Photo Tour 2 6 DAY 1 OCTOBER 1: TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN an enjoyable train trip of two hours. Arrival in Tashkent and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we will discover the scenic Siab Overnight in a 5-star hotel. Bazaar where you will see women in colorful local dresses. This is one of the most interesting bazaars DAY 2 OCTOBER 2: TASHKENT in Central Asia, offering a tremendous amount of In the morning, we will photograph the colourful people photography. Chorsu Bazaar where the local people shop for almost anything and everything, including fruit, Next to the bazaar, is the Bibi Hanim Mosque, built vegetables, meat, bread, dried fruits, textiles, in the 15th century, an impressive photogenic brooms, baskets etc... This is a great opportunity building with its great big blue dome. to photograph people. We will also take a short walk to visit the Kukeldash Madressa, which is still We will then go to the Registan Square, which an active religious school, and also Juma Mosque. consists of three photogenic madrassas and it is a real jewel in the heart of the old city. In the late afternoon, we will photograph the impressive Khasti Imam religious complex, in the We will photograph it at night. Overnight in a old city. 4-star hotel. DAY 3 OCTOBER 3: SAMARKAND DAY 4 OCTOBER 4: SAMARKAND In the morning, we will take the fast train to In the morning, we will photograph Shakhi Zinda, Samarkand, the ancient capital of Tamerlane. It’s which was once the burial place of the noble Siab Bazaar, Samarkand The Exotic Silk Road 7 The Exotic Silk Road and elite people. There are several mausoleums Dinner will be in the house of a family, where one built in this 15th century complex and it is an room is converted into a cosy restaurant. They will important pilgrimage site... great opportunities show us how to make the traditional Uzbek dish to photograph the pilgrims with beautiful of ‘pilav’. Overnight in a boutique hotel. 8 backgrounds of blue tiled walls. DAY 6 OCTOBER 6: BUKHARA Next we will go back to Registan Square to see Early in the morning, we will photograph the the interior of the Madrassas and the beautifully impressive domed buildings and minarets of decorated mosque. Bukhara at dawn, then we’ll head back to the hotel for breakfast and have time to rest (or go In the afternoon, we will to go a village with a shopping)! workshop making traditional silk paper, using the bark of mulberry trees. We will photograph the In the afternoon, we will visit and photograph a people working in the silk paper making process. blacksmith workshop and keep exploring the old In the late afternoon, we will visit the Gur Amir city. Dinner will be in an old madrassa with a show Mausoleum where Tamerlane and his descendants of Uzbek traditional clothes and a performance of are buried. local dancers. It’s an ideal place to photograph the models in traditional dresses. DAY 5 OCTOBER 5: BUKHARA We drive to Bukhara which was once the largest DAY 7 OCTOBER 7: KHIVA: commercial and religious center on the Great We drive to Khiva through the Kyzylkum Desert, Silk Road. After arriving, we’ll take a walking tour with a stop in the desert to photograph the around the old city, including domed bazaars, Poi square-shaped ‘sand stoppers’. Kalon religious ensemble and the Ark fortress. We arrive at Khiva in the late afternoon. Khiva One of the towers in Bukhara The Exotic Silk Road 9 The Exotic Silk Road is a thousand-year-old fortress city, with its DAY 10 OCTOBER 10: DEPARTURE old section well preserved and it is also one of Transfer to the International airport in Tashkent. the most interesting cities in Central Asia for photography. We will photograph the impressive 10 city walls of Khiva from one of the towers. Overnight in a 3 star superior hotel. DAY 8 OCTOBER 8: KHIVA In the morning, we will be out to photograph a number of interesting spots in the pre-dawn light, including a mosque with wooden columns, an old graveyard with the city walls in the background and people. In the afternoon, we will photograph musicians playing in an old Madrassa, which will be private to our group, and then we’ll explore the part of the city where the local people live. DAY 9 OCTOBER 9: BACK TO TASHKENT Today we’ll take a flight back to Tashkent from Urgench or Nukus, for overnight in Tashkent. Overnight in 5 star hotel. Early morning, Khiva The Exotic Silk Road 11 The Exotic Silk Road How Do You Like To Learn? Everyone has different ways of learning. For some, to do is ask. Importantly, you will never be made 12 it is sitting back and watching an expert at work, to feel silly because you asked a basic question - noting how he or she positions and uses the chances are others in the group don’t know the camera, reacts to the light and the weather, or answer either! interacts with people to achieve the best posing and expression. Peter will be shooting as well. He is just as passionate as you are about photography. He also Others like to be given suggestions, to understand feels it is important to practice what he preaches what the experts are seeing and thinking, and and to show participants what he has captured as then left to experiment and discover on their own. the tour/workshop progresses. They are looking for guidance, but not too much. However, he is very aware that his primary role And yet other photographers like to be shown is to act as your instructor and guide. And he how to find the photograph, how to compose wants you to return on other workshops and trips, the image and what camera settings are required. which you will only do if you are happy. (A high They want help with their camera controls percentage of photo tour participants are repeat and detailed instructions on how to frame and customers, so he must be doing something right!) compose. So, please don’t be shy to ask for help at any time Different photographers at different stages require and it will be cheerfully provided with a smile! different levels of assistance and that’s fine! Peter provides all three levels of interaction, all you have Lots of colour in Samarkand MADRASSA, REGISTAN SQUARE The Exotic Silk Road 13 The Exotic Silk Road 14 The Exotic Silk Road How Physical Is It? Bring Your Partner You don’t need to be super fit to enjoy this Non-photography partners are most welcome photography tour. If you can walk along well to come along, but they will be expected to 15 maintained tracks, you will have no trouble on the participate on most of the activities. Sometimes Silk Road. we may leave early to take photographs, and then continue on to our next destination, so everyone However, there will be some walking involved has to come along. when we leave the hotels or the vehicles to get to the best photographic locations. However, there will be other mornings when we will return to the hotel, so if your partner wanted Sometimes we will only be walking a few hundred to sleep in, that would certainly be okay! metres.
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