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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 >


Gallery: Tajikistan - Month 2

TAJIKISTAN | Friday, 1 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery

Includes (in order): paragliding lessons; Ziddy Glacier hike; Faizobod agro-processing project; GBAO field projects; Ibro's 4th birthday; Pamiri museum
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Gallery: Tajikistan - Month 1

TAJIKISTAN | Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery

Includes (in order): first sights of Dushanbe; orientation field trip to MSDSP projects; Green Bazaar; Riverside jam sesh; Gissar organic experimentation project; around the house/Dushanbe; Pamiri wedding
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UN Conference - videos

GERMANY | Thursday, 19 Jun 2008 | Views [692]

Here are some short clips from Bonn, Germany (descriptions of the UN CBD conference coming soon): Vandana Shiva opening the Planet Diversity Festival/Conference: West African drummers at Planet Diversity Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKvj33i0CW0 ... Read more >


Gallery: Ottawa Training

CANADA | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: UN CBD - Bonn

GERMANY | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: England/Italy/France

ITALY | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Photo Gallery

Emma and I went castle-hunting in England then met up with the boys for some R&R on the land in Italy and in nearby Menton, France
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Gallery: Bear

CANADA | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

My gorgeous boy getting into various hijinks in Guelph
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Waiting for the 'Go'

CANADA | Monday, 28 Apr 2008 | Views [701]

Consider this my first 'real time' post. I'm wrapping things up here in SW Ontario, visiting family and friends, sorting out the obligatory travel prep, and waiting for it to sink in that I'm actually done my undergrad degree ('finally'/'where did those ... Read more >


Gallery: Snowboarding in the Alps

SWITZERLAND | Friday, 25 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

Jonas and I met up in Geneva, went snowboarding in the Alps with his family, then had a couple days in Lyon, France
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South Africa (July-August '07)

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 23 Apr 2008 | Views [2501]

Another severely retroactive posting, another flag to the photo galleries. Inspired by one of my favourites profs at Guelph, Renee Sylvain, I finally made it to Africa after years of dreaming of savannahs and jungles. I was in the South African side ... Read more >


Northern California (May-June '07)

USA | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008 | Views [744]

This is a severely retroactive posting, but is mostly to flag the photo galleries from Hoopa & San Francisco. Unfortunately, my camera died a week-ish into the trip, so I don't have as many shots as I would've liked. I spent about a month in northern ... Read more >


Gallery: South Africa - roadtrip

SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: South Africa - Kalahari

SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery


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