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Apologies for the break – I was busy finishing a...
Posted on 23/10/2010
Apologies for the break – I was busy finishing a piece of writing and didn’t have any spare time to continue the Pamir roadtrip story.Where were we? We were still on Day 2,...
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Bumping to Kalai Khumb, Limping into Khorog
Posted on 24/09/2010
Well, I took a short break in real time to visit Norway, and let me tell you: visiting one of the most remote parts of the world (the Pamirs), followed by one of the most progressive parts...
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Day 1: Dushanbe to Kalai Khumb
Posted on 15/09/2010
368 km, actual road time: 9:30am-ca. 6:00pm; approx. 8.5 hours.Started out later than intended (of course), and had to get some additional provisions before we left town (needed to gas up...
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8 Days To the “Roof of the World”
Posted on 13/09/2010
I’m afraid my impressions of the trip we took over the recent short week (Labor Day for those who get US holidays, and 2 days off for Tajikistan’s Independence Day and Eid) are...
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Summer in Dushanbe Is...
Posted on 27/07/2010
A month-long break from sadik.(In connection with the former:) Visits to the many new indoor play centers that have opened recently in our fair city, replete with those pools filled with...
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Summer Camping Trip
Posted on 21/06/2010
Photos from our goodbye camping trip with 2 families that will leave us soon -- one for a few months and the other permanently -- are here.
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Sadik Graduation: A Bit of Cultural Context
Posted on 30/05/2010
I posted a video clip and some photos today from Anya's preschool year-end pageant. There were a whole lot of dance numbers and a wonderful spread of food, with the landlord's...
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Around (Part of the) World in the Past 80 Days
Posted on 19/05/2010
A non-chronological rundown from A to Z of what I’ve neglected to report since I last wrote:A – Archives, in both Russia and Tajikistan. I have been surprised in the last six...
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Flowers Multiply As Spring Nears
Posted on 28/02/2010
There were some direct requests for photos of the embroidery, so in addition to what I had up there before, here are some more.Project #1: One FlowerThis is the same one I included a...
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Flowers in Winter
Posted on 11/02/2010
What's been happening these last few weeks in Tajikistan, you ask?Quite a lot.Maybe my explanation of The Rogun Powerplant Drama either didn't make sense or wasn't very...
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