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Venturing further into Tibet
July 29, 2010 Shigatse, Tibet Today we left for Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. We had a long drive to reach it from Lhasa, about 7 hours. Nobody was really looking forward to the drive, especially Alisa who … Continue reading
Last Day at Summer Camp
May 26, 2010 Last night we were invited by the family elders to join them for what was our third dinner. This was true bishbarmak; flat noodles and fatty mutton. We had already been stuffed from our meat tea and … Continue reading
Olgii, Mongolia
May 23, 2010 Last night we went to one of the Peace Corps Volunteer’s (PCV) homes for dinner. There was one PCV couple, a single woman, and two Kazakhs. We certainly have a new appreciation for what the PCVs have … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bathhouses, central heating, dinner, discover, discovered, eat, eating, freezing, good, hardships, home, hot, insect, insects, kazakhs, mongolia, pcvs, Peace Corps, peace corps volunteer, peace corps volunteers, volunteer, water
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Ust-Kamengorsk to Olgii
Considering how the day began, it is pretty miraculous that I find myself sitting in a Turkish restaurant in Mongolia. Our flight was originally scheduled to leave yesterday but was rescheduled for today because of a persistent drizzle. It took … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Asia, bird, Bobby, car, contact, dinner, eat, fly, friend, friends, good, hot, hotel, immigration, kazakhs, mongolia, pcvs, Peace Corps, peace corps volunteer, peace corps volunteers, plane, pretty, travel, visa, volunteer, walk, walking
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Shymkent Day 1
After breakfast, around 9:30 , we set off for Kazakhstan. It actually turned out to be more complicated than simply getting in a cab and driving. First we had to walk to the Chorsu metro, go 2 stops, change trains, … Continue reading
Goodbye Uzbekistan
It looks like Kyrgyzstan is out and we will just head straight to Shymkent by shared taxi. We went to a few different travel agents to ask about the flight to Bishkek and nobody seemed to be able to easily … Continue reading
Samarkand
Local markets are always one of our favorite things to visit. Samarkand’s market area is in the shadows of a mosque built for Tamerlane in the 14th century. From the sweets section of the market you are reminded of past … Continue reading
Bukhara Day 2
True to our word, we returned today to Lyabi-Hauz for a lunch of plov. It was definitely the best plov we have had so far on the trip with juicy bursts of raisins and the perfect amount of lamb goodness. … Continue reading
Khiva
Today we officially bought the entrance tickets for Khiva which gives us access to the twenty some odd historical sites in the town. There were swarms of Uzbeki tourists today, all of whom were very eager to chat and practice … Continue reading
Tashkent- Day 3
Today was a busy and productive day. We woke up at around 3 am and were able to work on pictures and blogs. The French tour group that took over the hotel last night were awake by 4 and gone … Continue reading