It’s the end of the month and time for another look at my favorite photos from the past month! Some are prompted, some are spontaneous, and some are some throwbacks. Take a look, read about it, and click to enlarge if you want to see more closely. Continue reading “February 2017 Photo Roundup”
Kyrgyzstan is usually marketed as a summer destination, the time of year when you can climb mountains or ride horses up to yurt camps in the summer pastures. Well, that’s all completely true, but what they fail to mention is that Kyrgyzstan actually is a fantastic place to come for an affordable winter vacation as well.
Now, my story today isn’t going to appeal to the Aspen Jet Set, but it does appeal to my populist belief and love for things that are so cheap that you can’t say no. Continue reading “A Tubular Weekend In Chiyrchyk Pass”
As my service continues to draw to a close, that means that a new group of volunteers is preparing to arrive. I’ve received a lot of awesome emails from newly invited PCV’s (both to Kyrgyzstan and to other countries), and I wanted to put together an FAQ to help answer some of the questions you asked (and that you didn’t know to ask)! ALL of this gets covered during your Pre-Service Training, but I know I had all these questions ahead of time and wanted to know everything there was to know. Continue reading “The Ultimate Peace Corps Kyrgyzstan FAQ”
It’s the end of the month and time for another look at my favorite photos from the past month! Some are prompted, some are spontaneous, and some are some throwbacks. Take a look, read about it, and click to enlarge if you want to see more closely. Continue reading “January 2017 Photo Roundup”
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”
A lot of people I know have done some really cool posts on how they get from their country’s Peace Corps office to their town or village. So, given that I’m one of only a handful of volunteers in the world who actually flies to site, I thought it would be fun to do my spin on this trope. So, here goes. Continue reading “Getting To Osh”
Given that my plane tickets for the end of my time in Kyrgyzstan are now purchased and the reality that I’m leaving in four months has set in, I think that it’s time to reflect back on the things here, both physical and cultural, that I’m going to miss most about living here in beautiful (and presently ice cold) Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading “10 Things I Will Miss Most About Kyrgyzstan”
It’s the end of the month, and as a part of a new blogging and photography goal I’ve set for myself with BloggingAbroad, I’ve been taking photos based on prompts (and just from life in general), and I wanted to share a few with you! Take a look, read about it, and click to enlarge if you want to see more closely. Continue reading “December 2016 Photo Roundup”
Team Toguz Korgool USA was back in action a few weeks ago, as my colleague and teammate Bobby and I made our way to Bishkek to represent the United States again in the Asian Championships of Toguz Korgool (actually called the Open Championships of Asia, which is why we were allowed to compete, but in Russian the name literally means Asian Championships). So, we dusted off our boards, played a few practice matches, and sat down with some of our friends from the World Nomad Games for another run of 7 friendly matches in the name of cultural preservation and friendship. Continue reading “Toguz Korgool Again: A Week at the Asian Championships”
Hard to believe that it’s the end of 2016. How many famous people died so far? Can we preemptively connect Betty White to a ventilator just in case?
To flash ourselves back to better times, I did a little digging into my site stats to see what your favorite posts were this year. Without further ado! Continue reading “Your Favorite Posts Of 2016”
