Early Onset Nostalgia
Well that was quick... After ten months in Kyrgyzstan, I’m already at the airport, heading home. It isn’t exaggeration when I say that...
Arslanbob's Walnut Forest
Arslanbob is named after an 11th century Muslim leader named Arslanbob-Ata. In Arabic, Arslan means "lion" and bab means "gate." Ata...
Reach the World
Although I have not posted in a long time, I have continued writing. Instead of posting to my personal blog, I have been contributing to...
Outreach in Kemin
Living abroad shows how interconnected our world has become. The first week of March, a friend of mine, Rebecca, and I went to a small...
Quick February Update
February was a bit of a slow month, so here is post on two activities I did… Skiing On February 18, I went skiing for the second time in...
Mobile Applications in Kyrgyzstan
Mobile applications have become a part of our everyday lives in the United States and in this way, Kyrgyzstan differs very little....
An Outreach Trip to Batken
Last month, just as winter break began, one of the other Fulbright English Teaching Assistants, Amanda, and I went to Batken, a province...
Falconry and Hiking in Fairy Tale Canyon
With the beautiful backdrop of the mountains, canyons, and Issyk-Kul Lake that surround the village of Bokonbaevo, my friends and I set...
Rot Front, Kyrgyzstan
Believe it or not, in 1985, 200,000 ethnic Germans called Kyrgyzstan home (5 percent of the population at the time) and their former...
Central Heating Woes
Being an ill-informed foreigner, there are many things I do not understand. The most important of which, so far, has been the heating...
