So here we are touring Samarkand. Staring at the huge Bibi Khanym Mosque 167 metres in length and 109 metres in width. The cupolaface of the main chamber reaches a height of 40 metres, and the entranceway is 35 metres high.
I tell you this only to try and impress upon you the size of this thing. built as you would expect my Timur after his Indian campaign in 1399 he decided to undertake the construction of a gigantic mosque in his new capital, Samarkand. The mosque was built using precious stones captured during his conquest of India. (So this is around the time Richard the II died in England just for reference)
It is quite a place
It is quite a place
We seem to be just as interesting to the locals as they are to us, and one and all seem happy to see us and not at all bothered by our incessant snapping.
We have lots to see so no time to linger at the market next door and we take a raincheck for later.