The most common tulips
in this part of Kazakhstan are also the ones the Dutch scientists have
made most of the cultivated tulips we know in Europe today from. These
two brands are called Greigii and Kaufmani. The red ones in these
pictures are Greigii.
The sun was really strong this Wednesday, so must of us got some level
of sunburn...even tho we had used suntanlotion...
Now we're on the night train back to Almaty and tomorrow we'll see the
famous Medeo skating rink where the USSR set a lot of world records 40
odd yrs ago. We'll also lunch in a yurta, probably drinking fermented
camel milk! Exciting times!
Trudy, the photos of the tulips are so beautiful, and the mountains. So glad I could see this gorgeous country through you!
ReplyDeleteHi Amy,
ReplyDeleteI'm currently working on a photo book with the pictures I took in Kazakhstan (well...some of them). I'll send you a link when it's available on blurb.com :-)