more about town

                   The Islamic Centre - Aga Khan funded

                   The entrance to the cable car

                    The Tajik Beer,Vodka and Brandy shop by the factory

                The Tajikistan National Football Stadium

                Not sure - perhaps a tractor factory ..........

                             Local housing

Around Dushanbe

 A school playground - not sure whether the banners are of the children in this school or simply to show the dress code expected - all male students, school or university wear suits and ties.

              The Tajik beer factory entrance - it is good beer but at 9% very strong !

  

                                  View from the cable car platform

                                 The Cable car

                           View to the south of Dushanbe

Lights out ! and the trolley buses

                        The wind up  lamp is great

                           And the kindle is a real necessity

                          Restringing the antennae !!!

                     And fixing the problem .......... maybe.........

Inside the Botanical Gardens

                                            Stuart striking a pose

                                         The huge glass house containing a single dead palm

                                                       Wonderful carving on a tree stump

                                                      One of many pavilions

                                                         Amazing wooden carved ceiling

                                                          Interiors of the largest pavilion

                                                            Exterior of the large pavilion

The Botanical Gardens Dushanbe

 Photos of the beautiful entrance

Around town

Street views of Dushanbe