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To research my "Favorite Stories" series of books, I traveled to China, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The main problem now is an overabundance of material...

Erecting a yurt in Kazakhstan

wearing Kazakh costume

The eagle huntress, on Tian Shan Mountain

Uzbekistan, City of the Dead

Under the protection of Kazakh warriors

Traditional symbols of the Kazakhs: the horned ram head

Modern wedding: ushers

Incredible mosaics in Uzbekistan

Traditional Suzani needleworker in Uzbekistan

Can you guess what these tools are for?

Sculpture of the Butterfly Lovers at the Liang Zhu Cultural Park

Statue of Liang Zhu as they turn into butterflies

The tomb of Liang and Zhu

Throughout the Liang Zhu Cultural Park, the strains of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto follow me like a lingering ghost.

Straw mats just like Liang and Zhu sat on during their studies at the Ten Thousand Pines Academy.

Eating shashlik by the shores of Lake Kolsay, after riding up the mountains on horseback for an hour

On the Great Steppe...

Musical instruments in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are very similar and locally crafted.

How not to find your soul when a rose blossoms?

The season of the ripening oranges. Like small children growing up...

Sweet potatoes are delicious. But so are their leaves and blossoms. Why are they not sold in supermarkets?