Quick update-More to come
Hi readers! For those of you who know and have been following me, I just wanted to post a quick note. I was overwhelmed with visitors and activities in my first week in Kyrgyzstan. The experience at the Borbash youth…
Hi readers! For those of you who know and have been following me, I just wanted to post a quick note. I was overwhelmed with visitors and activities in my first week in Kyrgyzstan. The experience at the Borbash youth…
Friends and readers, I haven’t really had much to post about lately. Over the past 2 years this blog has been mostly about my 2017 trip to Central Asia, what I learned there, and my perspectives on what I learned…
Kyrgistan is the poorest of the four central Asian republics that we are visiting. It’s on its third regime since independence (see Guardian correspondent, Philip Shishkin’s account in restless valley for a nail buying account). It is now building its…
Today’s the last full day of work in the camp. I’ll have a partial day of work before the driver arrives from Ulan Bator tomorrow afternoon. I’m hoping to get into Ulan Bator a bit early so I can do…
Hey friends! Thanks for following and reading! I’m officially back online and just finished an incredible 2 weeks at the nomad camp about 3 hours outside of Ulan Bator. I’m back where I can get a decent signal now and…
At the San Francisco International Airport now. I’m glad to make it through security with no secondary check or unpacking! My backpack is completely stuffed and I’m hoping they don’t make me check it in at boarding even though it…
Well all packed up and ready to go! Just a few hours away and I’m on my way to Beijing and finally Ulan Bator, Mongolia. It took a few times, but I was able to fit everything into the 40L…