Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
Street outside the home of the family Ron visited in the Fergana Valley
Ron with actress/journalist and her father in the courtyard of their Fergana Valley home
Ron under the persimmon tree in the courtyard; there were also many other fruit trees, including peach and apricot
Artist (brother of the actress/journalist) and a neighbor
Baker, also a neighbor of the family, kneading bread dough, what Ron described as a "pig-sized" mound of dough
Area of home with mats and quilts where Ron slept; his pack is in the corner
Breakfast table. Tea, dried and fresh fruit, bread, jam, pastries, nuts - and always a dish of candy on the table. Ron brought some of the delicious home-dried apricots back to Ellen
After returning from Tajikistan, Ron had dinner with the young woman with whom he shared a taxi from Samarkand (this photo doesn't really belong in this sequence chronologically, but Ron wrote about the dinner in the same message as he wrote about visiting the family in the Fergana Valley)
Street outside the home of the family Ron visited in the Fergana Valley
Ron with actress/journalist and her father in the courtyard of their Fergana Valley home
Ron under the persimmon tree in the courtyard; there were also many other fruit trees, including peach and apricot
Artist (brother of the actress/journalist) and a neighbor
Baker, also a neighbor of the family, kneading bread dough, what Ron described as a "pig-sized" mound of dough
Area of home with mats and quilts where Ron slept; his pack is in the corner
Breakfast table. Tea, dried and fresh fruit, bread, jam, pastries, nuts - and always a dish of candy on the table. Ron brought some of the delicious home-dried apricots back to Ellen
After returning from Tajikistan, Ron had dinner with the young woman with whom he shared a taxi from Samarkand (this photo doesn't really belong in this sequence chronologically, but Ron wrote about the dinner in the same message as he wrote about visiting the family in the Fergana Valley)