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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
Moynaq
What an unbelievably long day. We woke up around 3 am due to jet lag. We had arranged for our driver to pick us up at 5 am and we began the 2.5 hour trip to Moynaq. The roads were … Continue reading
African Adventure- Day 89
Woke up to a surprisingly dewy morning in Nouadibou and we even needed to wait for the tents to dry out before we could pack up. While paying the bill, I asked the receptionist to mail me stamps for my … Continue reading
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African Adventure- Day 51
Things started to return to normal today and many more people were out on the streets…even street food returned! We got our Timbuktu stamps and discovered that we can no longer visit the mosque because a Spanish couple had gone … Continue reading
Back to Arabic…sort of!
We are back in the Arab world! After a quick red-eye flight we find ourselves now in Morocco. Everything is a fascinating mix of French, Arabic, and Spanish. As if I wasn’t already confused with the 3 languages as it … Continue reading
Arrival in India
We have finally arrived in India after years of planning and reading. We have expected seething masses of people at every turn and complete chaos everywhere. We were surprised when we landed and every actually went smoothly! All of our … Continue reading
Food Shortages
You may have heard talk about the global food shortages on the news recently. It seems that we may soon feel the effects here in Syria soon also. Already the prices of bread products have increased slightly but there could … Continue reading
Tamer and Abdullah
While visiting Deir ez Zur, we met the children of our friend Raed. Like all Syrian children, they start English education quite young. Tamer was eager to practice his English with us and was quite curious since we were the … Continue reading
Naughty Children
Today was one of my last days teaching at Berlitz. One of my favorite students, Mohammad, brought me flowers. This really touched me, primarily since he is 5 so you know he had to ask his mother to get them … Continue reading
Car Bomb
On the evening of Valentine’s Day, there was an explosion in a residential area of Damascus. It had been a car bomb that killed only one person, a Hezbollah leader. We heard no explosion and actually didn’t even hear of … Continue reading