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These two women live across the road from each other in Shaki and compete for the best rose garden in town...They each cut a bunch of roses and presented them to Audrey as an elaborate bouquet. Read about our visit to Shaki.
The warrior on the right looks left out without his own head on a spear. ..War scenes, some of them brutal, line the walls of one of the rooms in the Khan's Palace in Shaki. Read about our visit to Shaki.
This vendor at Shaki's Taza Bazaar was more than happy to show off a few of his fresh goat heads. Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
Lots of healthy tastes at this stand in the Taza Bazaar in Shaki. Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
This painting inside the Khan's Palace in Shaki bears a distinct likeness to Sonny and Cher, doesn't it? Read about our visit to Shaki.
Dan makes a new friend of the rose cutter in Shaki. Read about our visit to Shaki.
...is still a beautiful rose. When we expressed interest in roses, a family invited us into their garden to admire all their varieties and join them for tea and rose jam. Read about our visit to Shaki.
Two girls draw our attention in Shaki. Read about our visit to Shaki.
In the village of Kish, just outside of Shaki, doors are traditionally equipped with two knockers - a larger one for male visitors and a smaller one for female visitors. This apparently allows the hosts to know who is coming and who should answer the door. ..When we asked what happens when a female uses the male knocker, the woman looked at us incomprehensibly, like that could never happen. Guess Kish isn't into practical jokes... Read about our visit to Shaki.
Shaki halva is more like a gooey candied bakhlava than what we normally think of as traditional halva (dry). Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
Tomatoes and herbs on sale at Shaki's food market. Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
The renovated Caravanserai in Shaki is the accommodation of choice. Popular with locals and expats alike. Read about our visit to Shaki.
Elaborately decorated with painted scenes like this at every turn, the inside of the Khan's Palace in Shaki is beautiful, but a bit overwhelming to the senses at first glance. Read about our visit to Shaki.
This woman from Shaki's market asked Audrey whether her teeth were real...Later, we learned that Shaki's water is lacking iodine, leaving the locals with chronic dental problems...and rows of gold teeth. Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
A curious combination at the Taza Bazaar in Shaki.
These freshly severed heads at Shaki's Taza Bazaar look spookily life-like with glimmers of life still in their eyes. Read about Azerbaijani food and the rest of our visit to Azerbaijan.
This vendor leading up to the Khan's Palace in Shaki couldn't understand how we could possibly pass up a chance at shooting a bow and arrow. Read about our visit to Shaki.
Shebeke windows are made from fragments of colored glass and wooden crosspieces. They add color and beauty to the rooms at the Khan's Palace in Shaki. Read about our visit to Shaki.
Floral design on the ceiling of a room at the Khan's Palace in Shaki.
Severed heads are offered as bounty to royalty in war scenes that line the walls of a room in the Khan's Palace in Shaki.
Shebeke windows (colored glass and wood) bring color and life to the Khan's Palace in Shaki.
These two families welcomed us from the street into their gardens and homes in Shaki.
