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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 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.
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 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.
