Well, January came and went quickly. January is usually a very slow month in Central Asia because there’s a bunch of holidays and school breaks. With students out of school and universities closed, a lot of regular work stops as parents stay home with kids and people return to their villages from the city. Despite this, the month was still lively thanks to some beautiful snowfall and time with friends and a major work breakthrough. Continue reading “Mile 21: A Quiet Winter”
So, I’m beginning to get the impression that last year’s winter was an unusually mild one given that we had more snow during December of this year than we had in the entire winter last year. But that’s OK, because I like winter and I LOVE snow. Continue reading “Mile 20: Holidays and Snow”
As I warned back at the end of August, I had a lot of excitement coming up this fall in my life… so since I’ve done special posts on the big things that were a part of it, I’m going to combine these two months into a single summary to talk about everything that I didn’t get to talk about in those other posts. Continue reading “Mile 17-18: Nomad Games, Uzbekistan, America, Oh My!”
Today marks the one-year anniversary of my arrival in Kyrgyzstan. It’s been an incredible year, filled with amazing experiences and beautiful memories. I should be celebrating. But I instead I am despondently livid. Continue reading “Mile 12: Regarding Almaty.”
People told me when I came here that you’ll feel like nothing is happening, then at about 6 months, you’ll hit a massive wave of work and you’ll also get kind of depressed at the same time. It’s called the six-month-slump, and it’s kind of like the collegiate sophomore slump. You’ve been here long enough to miss some things about home, like friends and food, and suddenly you’ve got work. Luckily for me, I’ve got a lot of really exciting work to look forward to, and was kept on my feet by a series of literal disasters in the past few weeks.
Well I missed a month in there of my monthly summaries. Oops. Probably because there hasn’t been much in the way of excitement here that I thought fit well with this grouping of posts, and that which warranted inclusion also warranted its own post (namely, my hiking misadventures). But, in the spirit, let me catch you up on what I’ve been up to these past two months. Continue reading “Miles 5-6: Getting Started Again”
