The contents of this blog are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the Peace Corps or the U. Sunday, April 17, 2011. Sorry Blogspot, you were good to me, but then KZ blocked you. Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

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Exploring Kazakhstan and post-Soviet Central Asia. A roadside watermelon vendor on my street. The way fruit is meant to be sold. I have now left Kazakhstan and returned to the USA. This means that I will soon be closing down this blog. However, before I do so, I wanted to share some valedictory thoughts. And they continued to be a source of inspiration and enjoyment throughout the year. They are both majestic and accessible. I tried it, tried it agai.

On December 12, 2013 by paff00. Well, my time here is very nearly at an end. During my last couple of days in Tandahimba, I made the rounds and said goodbye to everyone I know there. It was nice to get.

Two years abroad dedicated to foreign language study and cultural immersion. Kyrgyzstan to Egypt by Land and Sea. An ordinary day on my month-long journey from Kyrgyzstan to Egypt. Having completed by studies of Chinese and Russian, I was ready to move on to the third language of my journey. Although my initial intentions were to study in Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Yemen, in the end I decided to return to Egypt, where I had studied abroad three years earlier. Map of my planned route.

A year in the City of Joy. Six years later, sometimes I still feel that life in India has an extra dimension added to it, as if India is really in 3-D, and that Hong Kong and the US is in mere 2-D. Unfortunately, my kids absolutely lov.