The old girl served us well... for over three years and over 27,000 photos. It was even recently resurrected, so in that sense, we felt like we were using it on borrowed time. But still, crashing to the pavement on a lonely stretch of road, with no one to pick it up, is a tough way to go. As disappointed as we were about losing the camera, we were equally bummed about the several hundred photos that were on it.
Our three day trip took us up to Sheki, a seven hour bus ride north of the capital. After a night in a flea ridden, mildewing homestay, we moved into this cool old caravansaray (photo taken from the internet)
The stone arches gave us an opportunity for some family shots...
[imagine a picture of Jen, with her ever-growing bump, leaning under an arch]
There were other things to see in Sheki as well, such as an old church (much of the area was Christian, among other things, before conversion to Islam) and the khan's palace (reminding us a little of our beloved Khiva)...
[Imagine here a sublime shot of sheep grazing in the evening light next to a round, stone church from the middle-ages.]
A short drive up the valley from Sheki was the village of Kish, with its 12th century church built over a cultic pagan site dating to 3000 BC. The Noreigian government has put a lot of money into the restoration of this church after one historian claimed that the vikings desceded from peoples living in this area in present day Azerbaijan. Here is another ripped-off photo from the internet (mine were better, of course)...
There were also bronze age bones visible a few feet underground (covered by glass)...
[Image here a picture of Ella masterfully mimicking the open mouthed look on the face of the skeleton below her].
In the next couple of days I will see if it is possible (and affordable) to buy a digi camera in Baku. Otherwise you are going to have to get used to using your imagination a lot more when reading our blog.
1 comment:
I am soooooo sorry about your camera. I feel so bad for you.
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