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Türkistan.

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1. History

   Tour the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (UNESCO)

   Stand in Central Asia's grandest Timurid building, commissioned by Timur with its unfinished portal; see the giant Tay Kazan cauldron inside — and photograph it.

2. History

   See the walls of the ancient city of Sauran

   Walk the double walls and adobe ruins of Central Asia's best-preserved medieval walled city — and photograph it.

3. Culture & art

   Watch the light-and-water show at Keruen Sarai

   See the gondola canals, bazaar and evening projection show at Turkistan's new tourism complex — and photograph it.

4. City discovery

   Train journey from Turkistan to Almaty

   Watch the Kazakh landscape from a sleeper carriage on the overnight train crossing the steppe — and photograph it.

5. Nature

   Do a Silk Road tour: Turkistan-Otrar-Taraz

   Follow the Silk Road route linking southern Kazakhstan's caravan cities and mausoleums — and photograph it.