Painted Ceiling, the Harem, Tash Khauli Palace, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Painted Ceiling, the Harem, Tash Khauli Palace, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Bolo Khauz Mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Facade of the Mir-I-Arab Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Mir-I-Arab Madrasah Facade, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Carpet Market, Old City Walls, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa, Summer Palace Gate, Near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

National Flag and Emblem, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Detail, Tilla Kari Mosque, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Tikse Monastery, Ladakh, India

Close-Up of Turquoise Ceramics, Shah-I-Zinda Mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Road from Samarkand to Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Carpet Area, Main Market, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

View of Lenin Square Looking Towards the Ala-Too Range of Mountains, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Manas Statue, Science College, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Zenkov Cathedral and Tien Shan Mountains, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Zenkov Cathedral, Built of Wood Without Nails, Almaty (Alma Ata), Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Western Facade, Escorial, Unesco World Heritage Site, Madrid, Spain

Mahaya Wizaya Pagoda, with Shwedagon Pagoda Behind, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Shwedagon Pagoda from the South, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Shwedagon Pagoda with Surrounding Shrines, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Workers on Bamboo Scaffolding Applying Fresh Gold Leaf to the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Workers on Bamboo Scaffolding Applying Fresh Gold Leaf to the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Workers on Bamboo Scaffolding Applying Fresh Gold Leaf to the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar