grindle in #hive-163772 • 16 hours ago28 Panfilov Guardsmen ParkThe urban park surrounds The Ascension Cathedral, in Almaty. It is dedicated to and named after the Panfilov heroes; 28 soldiers of an Alma-Ata Infantry unigrindle in #hive-163772 • 4 days ago Kok Kok and more Kok.The littlgrindle in #hive-163772 • 7 days agoThe power of water.Well not really a gorge more a stroll down country lanes bordered by snow capped peaks to a lake, (lake Issyk), that was formed thousands of years ago,grindle in #hive-163772 • 10 days ago Rocking it. Stan No 2 What was I expecting? A route march Bus loads of selfie obsessed pouting instasnappergram wasters clogging up the scenery. ![IMG_8041 2.jpeg](httpgrindle in #hive-153349 • 13 days agoPhotoFeed Contest - Black & White Photography Round 89 - Available light.A night time stroll down to Registan Square, Samarkand. (from my series "Travelling the Stans"). Fountains and water. ![_DSC5113.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 16 days agoMemorial and a lady in red. grindle in #hive-163772 • 19 days agoKarakol: Keep the faithHoly Trinity Cathedral ![_DSC4329.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 22 days agoSome gorges, bulls and food.Barskaun Gorge "I'm much too young to feel this god damn old" , Garth Brooks, 1989, his debut single, have been a fan ever since,grindle in #hive-163772 • 25 days agoKarakhanid Minaret and the Chon-Kemin Gorge. KyrgyzstanThe Burana Tower is a minaret in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan. ![_DSC4039_PANORAMA.jpeg](grindle in #hive-153349 • 27 days ago Young v Old. Tashkent. Uzbekistan. PhotoFeed Contest - Black & White Photography Round 87Just two of the many shots I took whilst passing through Tashkent, taken from the series "Travelling the Stans" on my blog.…grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthOsh Bazar. Bishkek. A pleasant assault on the senses.![_DSC3944.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • last monthBurkutchi in Bokonbaev.![_DSC419grindle in #hive-142159 • last monthAmongst the Kyrgyz people #monomad challengeUnder the arch we go, it is welcoming us in the languages of Kyrgyz and russian, "as sponsored by coca cola". This is Osh Market in Bishkekgrindle in #hive-163772 • last monthBishkek Circus. Soviet architecture at its best.[Sourgrindle in #hive-163772 • last monthTonight we're gonna party like its 1991.Igrindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoBishkek. Kyrgyzstan. A wander in daylight. Enough of Western Europe, lets take you on one of my top 3 trips ever. It was over a three week period in September last year through 3 of the 5 Stans. (tagrindle in #hive-104387 • 2 months agoMen who enjoyed playing with their balls.Our adventure awaits, come enjoy, Bychton Hall Farm. Probably one of the easiest places to access ever, lots of open doors. So I selected one and in wegrindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoPonte de Dom Luís I. Porto It is weird how some folk can look at an object a building a structure and get a "fuck me" moment, and yet others look at it non plussed. I remember many yeagrindle in #hive-184784 • 2 months agoRandom stuff and some vandals. Porto. A collection from across the city, although in my opinion Porto is a preferable place to me rather than Lisbon. The street art was not as good, but ho hum... here we go. ![IMG_7887.jpeg](grindle in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoPort in Porto, but first a church.IGREJA DE SANTO ILDEFONSO PORTO The church took thirty years to build and was completed in 1739 is named in honour of the 7th C Visig