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The view from my "office"

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Chor Minor, 19th century madrassa in Bukhara. With fake storks.

Storks used to be common here but left when the Soviets drained the malarial swamps. Now there are these fakes atop many of the minarets.

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(A couple of days late, sorry). Before we drove up the Trollstigen we passed through the Trollveggen (Troll Walls) which is - to quote - "The Troll Wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe"

You can see the valley pass coming up for a fair way ahead.

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Looking back the way we had come

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The walls

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