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P-Didy Joined: October 5th 2005
Logged in: October 7th 2005
Logged in: October 7th 2005
Travel Blog Posts
Me with gun
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 I was in Kyrgystan a few months ago, so keep in mind that this post is a few months out of date.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 expected.) After I sent my last email from Delhi I went to the airport 3 hours ahead of schedule like a good little tourist. At first things were fine. I saw the flight to Bishkek up on the board as expected. After an ... read more
Tajikistan
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 of 60,000 and displacing over half a million refugees. To solve the problem, a Russian backed president was installed to fight the extremists. The President’s forces, led by Sanjak Safarov (who had previously spent 23 years in ... read more
