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Trip: Central Asia '08-'09

There are [30] stories from my trip: Central Asia '08-'09

Gallery: Tajikistan - Month 4

TAJIKISTAN | Sunday, 5 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

Includes (in order): Eid; Resilience Alliance workshop in Roghun; Shirkent Valley hike; pick-up football; ToT and M&E in Faizabod; family snapshots; ** Halloween still to come! **
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Gallery: Tajikistan - Month 3

TAJIKISTAN | Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery

Includes (in order): around Dushanbe; Iskander-Kul trip; Heidi's 26th birthday/toga party; helicopter to GBAO; around Khorog & Botanical Gardens
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Badakhshan, Part I: AFGHANISTAN

AFGHANISTAN | Tuesday, 23 Sep 2008 | Views [8640] | Comments [6]

Aug 10: Embarking on the Road Trip of a Lifetime (Insha’Allah) (Leg 1: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to Khorog; see pics #1-6) It was 5 am and Heidi and I were getting picked up outside of our micro-district for the most daring trip either of ... Read more >

Gallery: Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN | Friday, 5 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery

The voyage to the Wakhan Corridor to attend the Pamiri Cultural Festival
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When all you want to do is curl up with a good book

TAJIKISTAN | Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 | Views [2355] | Comments [1]

Packing for an 8-month+ stint in Central Asia was a rather befuddling task. I blindly deciphered what clothing to bring for both work and play in weather ranging from -50 (with rationed electricity) to +50 degrees, but what to do about those little ... Read more >

FINALLY en route to the storied Pamirs...

TAJIKISTAN | Friday, 8 Aug 2008 | Views [842] | Comments [1]

I’m working on a long list of observations about Tajikistan to post, but it’ll have to wait – I just got word that I’m heading out to Badakhshan for a couple weeks on a whirlwind MSDSP tour. I will have TONS of photos to post when I get back at the ... Read more >

"You're going WHERE?!"

TAJIKISTAN | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [1527]

I’ve been in Tajikistan for over a month now on an 8-month internship with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) of Canada. (Yes, Tajikistan is a real country, and no, it is not overrun by radical Islamists.) My internship is with the Mountain Societies ... Read more >