Adversity amidst the fertile jailoos

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May 4th 2011

Published: June 19th 2011

I am no stranger to poverty, coming from a place where it is breathed in the air and served daily. Slums and cramped spaces; poor wages; dirty and chaotic city streets; local farmers, fishermen, and laborers toiling to feed their families at least once a day; diaspora of people to other countries; and poor, if not lack of access to health care and education. These are but some of the palpable ... Read Full Entry

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hana badando

fateundermined

I used to believe I could find the cure for cancer. And diabetes. And win a Nobel prize for it. Then I went out of the hospital. Then I discovered the road. And enjoyed it. Now, (almost) everything I do, I do to get me to travel. Who knows, I still might. But currently, I am enjoying what I'm doing. So it would most likely take a while. (Note: Being a procrastinating duchess, I am unable to blog as often as I want. If you want to follow me for other non-travel related stuff, please do check out the links below.) [url=http://fateundermined... full info

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Jeti-Oghuz

Sarala-Saz jailoo

toilet with a view

outside pit latrines typical in the countryside

making kalama

cooking kalama

It is cooked for a few minutes on the top of this traditional oven.

Hardworking babushka

a horse with no name

Eeyore, is that you?

the lovely family who hosted me in the jailoo

Tamga

Postpartum depression in a horse?

This mare refused to breastfeed her newborn baby. The men tried to tie her to a tree to keep her from fleeing from the foal.

poor foal

Helping the newborn horse get suckle from her uncooperative mother

good road trip

Issyk-Kol lake by Tamga roadside

stream on the way to the jailoo

follow the woman in red

I got spared from spending the night by the roadside in Tamga by these women who told me that I would no longer be able to get vehicles going to my destination as it was already "nighttime."

inside the yurt

notice the latticed wooden frames that frame the yurt

lazy day

friendly huge shepherd dog

laundry day - Sarala-Saz jailoo

Sarala-Saz jailoo

yurt - Sarala-Saz jailoo

20th June 2011

liliram
liliram

eyeopener
What an eyeopener. I found myself humming one of my fav Lennon tunes. Been wondering how long you'd be staying there, hana. And which org are u really involved in? Nice blog. Thanks for sharing.

8th March 2012

Merandee A. Villareal
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Good Job!
Hi ate han! Nice blogs and pictures! I hope you could do more. I am able to see the world because of your blogs. Cheapest way to travel is reading it..haha. I,m so proud of you ate han. Be safe always!!

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