I like many things, travelling is just one of them, but it lets me participate in many of the others such as reading, photography, eating good food, archeology, etc.
After many years of virtually non-stop travel I am ready for a nice retirement. Retirement from travel means it's time to get to work to really make the world a better place. I believe that together we can finally come together as one and make things happen to completely reverse things, it's not too late!... read more
First of all sorry for not finishing my story about the Kyrgyz horse trip but I got really disillussioned by writing it, hopefully I will finish later when I get the time. For now more about the present time and what has been happening. Thanks for reading and writing me back, it's great to hear from everyone. When you travel you have bad days and you have brilliant ones, excuse my British. Sometimes you just want to pack it all up and go home, but the really good ones make you want to live that same day over and over like Groundhog's Day, you know the one with Bill Murray where you see it five times for every time you actually watch it. Well in simple terms you could call these polar opposites, the days of ... read more
So two years and change have passed since I moved to Kazakhstan. I learned some Russian, experienced village life and have gained much patience. I also read a good deal, studyied for and took the GMAT, applied to graduate business school, taught at a local high school, and learned what I really want from life. That last one was not just a realization but a culmination of years of indecision. It is too difficult to explain here and I will spare you the details but for the record I do want more than a life of travel and what many feel is leisure but is really hard work, very tiring, and all consuming. Life on the road is full of trials and tribulations as they say. You must deal with many headaches before you realize any ... read more
So I left Kazakhstan after two long years. I said good-bye to the people in my village and hit the road. I was accompanied by my friend Nagima to the border and I found a free ride to Kirovka. On the way we passed the dam on the Talas river with a huge head of Lenin with his huge chin pointing out of the water. The driver turned out to live across the street from my friend so he was able to drop me at the door. It was a small get-together with a bunch of people I didn't know but it was nice and relaxed in a very unusual house decked out with strange blue stalagtite wedding cake like ceilings and walls. The next day we went to the animal bazaar, the most central asian ... read more
So after almost 2 years of volunteer work in Kazakhstan I am hitting the road. The road consists of no roads to begin with as a friend and I will ride horses across the mountians of Kyrgyzstan to the Chinese border at the Torugart Pass. Hopefully this venture will be successful since there is now turbulence in the region and it might just be too dangerous. In China I plan on going throughout the Western part checking out a Tajik city as well as some of the caves, possibly going to Tibet. Then up to Mongolia for two to three months of hardcore travelling. I plan on meeting my brother in Mongolia and we will go to the Western part to ride horses and stay in Kazakh and Mongolian yurts.... read more