Once again, life has me sitting in an airport. A distant forty-one hours ago I started this grueling trip through one traveler’s purgatory to the next: DYU – IST – FRA – IAD – EWR. Thankfully, the destination on the gate across from me now reads Orange County. Just a short eight hours til home. [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Khodahafez
Posted in Persian, Tajikistan, Travel, tagged goodbye, host family, Tajikistan, travel on July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Homesick, for reals.
Posted in Persian, Tajikistan, Travel, tagged homesick, host family, Tajikistan on July 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As of today, I only have one week left in Tajikistan. I’m not going to lie; in some ways I’m happy about going home. My body has been craving a real bed since the day I arrived. (My current bed is really a disguised couch that holds a very distinct “v” shape, which is not [...]
WHOOOO HOOOOOOOO!
Posted in Hikes, Persian, Tajikistan, Travel, tagged glacial lake, hiking, Iskanderkul, mountains, Tajikistan, travel, waterfall on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A country that is 93% mountainous is definitely my kind of country. I can’t think of a place that I’ve been yet that hasn’t had a 360 degree view of mountains. Our trip this past weekend to Iskanderkul was certainly no exception to that rule! Iskanderkul is a glacial lake that is one of the [...]
Mapping the Bazaar, Take 2
Posted in Persian, Tajikistan, Travel on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like I’m doing something illegal by trying to map out the bazaar. They’re supposed to be chaotic and disorienting, right? I’m just waiting for a Tajik policeman to come up and tell me that I have to end my project and hand in all my materials. But, I don’t think that’ll happen. If [...]
Khujand Trip Day 2: On the edge from Panjakent to Khujand
Posted in Persian, Tajikistan, Travel on July 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After another short sleep (4 hours) we were up and on the road before the crack of dawn. Apparently the view on this leg of the trip was even more beautiful than the road to Panjakent… so, naturally, I was pretty excited. The trip started off pretty well… we drove for a few hours on [...]
Bazaar – 1 iPhone – 0
Posted in iPhone, Persian, Tajikistan, Travel on July 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The bazaar. It’s one of the things I love the most here in Dushanbe. It’s the most “non-city” thing I can find here in the city, and being in the bazaar makes me feel like I’m able to catch a glimpse of the every day lives of people here… since there are only a few [...]
Directions to the hills
Posted in Persian, Tajikistan, Travel on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of my friends wanted to know how to get to the hills behind my house. These are the directions I gave him: Make a right onto Rudaki. At the first street, make a left. Walk all the way down that street (5-7 minutes) until it dead ends, then make a left on “кучаи октябрский” [...]
