It is in the Guiness Book of World Records: The largest flag pole anywhere

 

The teachers college close to where I stayed

 

The Opera and Ballet House

 

Fashionable Model
You may find yourself in the mountains of Central Asia, but there is a lot of style to be found here.

 

Hotel Tajikistan, Dushanbe's fanciest hotel

 

Nothing wrong with a place where you can grab a cold one, when you feel like it, at the end of a long hot day.

 

 

 

 

There is a small but interesting archeological museum in Dushanbe as well.
The 'Princess' as she was found, surrounded by beads and other small important items

 

 

Bronze Age weapons from around the time of Alexander the Great, who passed through this region

 

 

Two intricate ivory carvings from around 2-300BC

 

A reclining Buddha made from wood

 

Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2011

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