Silk Road: money change Photo

Photographer’s Note

Travels on the Silk Road:
Turkmenistan has gotten into the news right now. So I decided to upload some pictures of Turkmenistan.
These women change money on te Silk Road in style: you are invited to chay, some sweets and smalltalk before negotiations. The picture is from Jalkim near the Amu Darya river (Oxus for the history minded), the lifeline of the country. Enjoy!
The slide was scanned, the pic sharpened.

salvator, sayat trouve(nt) cette note utile

Critiques | Translate

milas (42) 2006-12-24 7:50

Selam Dietrich;
biz türkler gerçekten sıcak kanlı insanlarız..güzel bir kare tebrikler...selamlar

salvator (18823) 2006-12-25 4:27

Hi Dietrich,
Very nice photo, well composed, with very nice colors and very neat focus.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, all the best.
Salvator.

sayat (2944) 2006-12-25 12:52

A very nice window into the daily lives of these people. Great details and light.
Sayat

taypejka (1059) 2007-08-13 3:48

Dear Dietrich,

Without your comment I'd never guess that this is money exchange. It looks very appealing - a cup of tea and chat with friendly looking women and a man. Do they do it legally or is it a local practice due to lack of money exchange in this area?
sunny greets from Poland
emilia