The Marmot’s Hole

7 Comments

1. Nathan Hamm
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 1:36 am | Permalink

   Wow, were those grown in Korea or something? Seriously, those are about half the size of the monsters I ate in Uzbekistan. Best and sweetest melons on earth…

2. The Argus
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 1:38 am | Permalink

   Melons
   Nice melons. Now, when’s this going to happen in the US. It’ll change your melon habits forever.

3. shin jong il
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 2:34 am | Permalink

   it’s interesting that the uzbeks in the photo look like amerasians.

4. Nathan Hamm
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 5:21 am | Permalink

   I hate speculating, but the guy on the right looks like he’s maybe part Russian or Ukrainian. But then again, he could be a Tatar or a Tajik. It’s so difficult…

   The woman though, she’s got a classical “Sart” (generic old word for non-nomads in Transoxiana) kind of look to her–a mix of Persian and Turk. A lot of my students on the Silk Road from Bukhara to Samarkand had this look. In the outlying villages, people looked much more Mongol.

5. Alisher
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

   Melons look really delicious. It is normal that they are
   small because they are Obi Novvot type, the bigger ones are
   called Shakar Palak (Fergana valley). The Obi Novvot type
   is usually more delicious as the sugar content in them is
   higher, but the problem with them it is more difficult to
   transport them as they get bruised more easily. But again,
   usually, some farmers collect melons from the fields when
   they are not totally ripe, when the melons are not
   very soft. By the time they are in the market, they
   get softer and ready.

6. Andrew
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

   Does anybody know something about prices?

7. hardyandtiny
   Posted July 16, 2004 at 4:50 pm | Permalink

   Look at the girl in the background with the dark blue skirt.
   Niiiiice!