Hi, I'm posting these travel updates a bit out of order and late. A friend of mine suggested that I post my email updates onto this site becasue readers might get a kick out of them. I was in Kyrgystan a few months ago, so keep in mind that this post is a few months out of date. ===== [img=http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1&Uc=10ivsqdd.23e3t0il&Uy=-mt62b3&Ux=1] Zdrastvuyte, Well I made it to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Unfortunately it was neither on the day I planned nor the airline I planned, but I did make it here. (Although, a week later than e [View Full Entry]

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Boy oh boy! Tajikistan is crazy! This email is going to run a bit on the longer side but I think you’ll enjoy the read. First of all, I'll tell a little bit about Tajikistan’s recent history so you can get an idea about where my brother and I are. Basically, during the Soviet era, there was al-Qaeda and Taliban backed Islamic Fundamentalism simmering throughout the region. For the most part, Moscow kept a lid on the ethnic and clan-based tensions in the region. When independence came in 1991, the place disintegrated into full scale civil war, killing upwards [View Full Entry]

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