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

 A nurse in typical uniform - own warm clothes with white coat on top and then overcoat. She is carrying her lunch non (local round flat bread) on her way back to the ward from the canteen. The hats look like chef hats, tall and round.

 Entrance to Anyi children's play park

 Closed for winter but open and run on warmer days

The National Hospital Dushanbe

 Alison at the main entrance

 WRVS Dushanbe, selling seeds, sweeties, cigarettes and with phone for rent

 A walk in the grounds - 12 blocks of three floors, each block a separate specialty

Photos

                                    An early ruler statue in the main gardens

                                   The National Palace built 1996

                                                Stuart and Somoni with the fly swat !

                                         A belated santa outside a clothes shop on Rudaki.

One month gone already !

Hi all, we are sending our updates by e mail, if you wish one and have not received them yet please e mail stuartandalison@hotmail.com and we will add you to the mailing list.
We will upload some of our photos to this blog.
The first one is off our street with no name, second of the house, third corner of Rudaki and the street with no name and the fourth the view from our balcony.
love to all Stuart and Alison xxx