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RUSSIA - Orenburg. Bridge over the Ural River, considered the border between Europe and Asia here.
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RUSSIA - Orenburg. Europe-Asia border marker at the bridge over the Ural River.
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RUSSIA - Orenburg. Europe-Asia border marker at the bridge over the Ural River.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Uralsk. Europe-Asia border marker near the Ural River.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Uralsk. Europe-Asia border marker near the Ural River.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Uralsk. Europe-Asia border marker near the Ural River.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Uralsk. Europe-Asia border marker near the Ural River.
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RUSSIA, Kalmykia-Dagestan border as seen from a bus. Leaving Europe for Asia.
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RUSSIA - Orenburg. Cable car that takes riders between Europe and Asia.
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RUSSIA - Orenburg.
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RUSSIA - Orenburg. Another Europe-Asia border marker on the European side of the Ural River.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. "East Meets West" tea glasses (the western shape on the outside, the eastern one on the inside). For sale at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
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GEORGIA - Tsod. The village of Tsod just on the Georgian side of the Caucasus Mountains.
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GEORGIA - Russia-Georgia border post under construction.
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GEORGIA - Kazbegi. The Terek River, flowing between Russia and Georgia.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Aktau.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Aktau. The Caspian Sea.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Atyrau. The Ural River, here considered the border between Europe and Asia.
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KAZAKHSTAN - Atyrau. The Ural River, here considered the border between Europe and Asia.
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KAZAKHSTAN - near Beyneu, just east of the Caspian, somewhere close to the Europe-Asia border.
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RUSSIA - Ekaterinburg. The train station (under the ВОКЗАЛ sign you can see a crest with Ekaterinburg portrayed between Europe and Asia)
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RUSSIA - Ekaterinburg. The Europe-Asia border monument at the site of a projected tourism-entertainment complex. Here, a group of German tourists square dances.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. A newlywed couple takes photos against the backdrop of the Bosphorus and the Bosphorus Bridge.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. Fishermen on the Asian side of the Bosphorus.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. In Istanbul's new Marmaray tunnel that goes between Europe and Asia. Here, a mural in one station showing the Ottoman-era (never realized) plans for a Bosphorus tunnel.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. Station art in the Marmaray tunnel representing the crossing between Europe and Asia.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. Station art in the Marmaray tunnel representing the crossing between Europe and Asia.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. The Ataturk Cultural Center (soon to be demolished) on Taksim Square, considered the center of European Istanbul.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. A Europe-Asia border marker at a club on an island in the middle of the Bosphorus.
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TURKEY - Istanbul. A Europe-Asia border marker at a club on an island in the middle of the Bosphorus.
