Ak-Saray Palace, winter palace of Timur - image 1 of 32

Tamurlane- image 2 of 32

Statue of Timur with the ruins of Ak-Saray Palace - image 3 of 32

Decorate walls of Ak-Saray Palace - image 4 of 32

Decorate walls of Ak-Saray Palace - image 5 of 32

Decorate walls of Ak-Saray Palace - image 6 of 32

Uzbek local bread, you can almost smell it, yum - image 7 of 32

Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 8 of 32

Decorate walls of Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 9 of 32

Door to the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 10 of 32

Timur stamp inside the Amir Temur's crypt (he's actually buried in Gur-Emir mausoleum in Samarkand) - image 11 of 32

Dorus-Siadat (necropolis built by Timur for his family) - image 12 of 32

Hippo in front of Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 13 of 32

Decorate wall inside the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 14 of 32

Inner dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 15 of 32

Decorated walls inside the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 16 of 32

Another dome inside the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 17 of 32

Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 18 of 32

Portal of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 19 of 32

Façade of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 20 of 32

Main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 21 of 32

Close-up of the main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 22 of 32

Another view of the main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 23 of 32

Even more close-up of the main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 24 of 32

Writings on the main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 25 of 32

A minor dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 26 of 32

Closer view of the minor dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 27 of 32

One more view of the main dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 28 of 32

Just cant get enough of the gorgeous dome of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque - image 29 of 32

An Uzbek village along the road to Samarkand - image 30 of 32

Another Uzbek village along the road to Samarkand - image 31 of 32

Soviet gas pump - image 32 of 32