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Crossing borders

January 20, 2012

Here are some photos from the second (and last) of my field trips with the photojournalism students from the University of Nebraska. This time we met up at 8am to go stand in the freezing cold at the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border. The students were interested in documenting residents of Kyrgyzstan who get paid to carry goods [...]

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on assignment in Tuz

January 17, 2012

Recently, a group of photojournalism students from the University of Nebraska come to Kyrgyzstan for three weeks for what must be the coolest class assignment ever. Through my connections at AUCA, I was put in touch with them and was invited to accompany them as they traveled around and took photos for some of the [...]

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Diversity Festival

January 15, 2012

On December 16, a friend and I went “on assignment” to an annual festival that celebrates the diverse group of ethnicities that call Kyrgyzstan home. It was hosted in the Kyrgyz Drama Theater and included an open house of foods, crafts and souvenirs from each group, as well as a performance of songs and dances.

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2011 in photos

January 2, 2012

January. Watching the Ak Maral dancers perform at the Bishkek Philharmonic. February. Farrell and I take a short trip to Osh to interview journalists for a research project on Kyrgyz media. March. I take a weekend trip to Kochkor with some friends, get ambushed by smiling soccer players.

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Celebrating the New Year in Bishkek

January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! For the second time, I celebrated in Bishkek, surrounded by friends, food, and my wonderful husband. Just like my Christmas trip to Chon-Kemin, I was really happy to spend this time of year with a smaller group of friends than the usual gigantic expat extravaganzas. (Although, it was probably because all the [...]

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Christmas in Chon Kemin… again

December 29, 2011

Farrell and I spent Christmas weekend in Chon-Kemin again, this time in a different guesthouse located in a similarly quiet and small village next to the one we stayed in last year. The crowd was different and activities were (slightly) different. We still wandered around snow-covered mountains until sunset, I still gushed over all of [...]

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my intro to Kyrgyz pop music

December 14, 2011

On November 27, I attended a concert in Bishkek that was organized by the Kyrgyz branch of the Red Crescent for HIV/AIDS awareness. As of now, I’m pretty lost when it comes to knowing who’s who in Kyrgyzstan’s pop music scene, but it was an interesting opportunity to see these performers live and see how [...]

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highlights from Colorado

October 2, 2011

First! Thank you for all of the wonderful words and unnecessary (but totally flattering) compliments being said about the House Hunters episode! Apparently you all think I’m cute and adventurous. I can’t wait to prove how incredibly normal and somewhat boring I can be. It doesn’t look like the episode will be available for me [...]

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Turkey, part 3; Istanbul…meh

September 13, 2011

My final days in Turkey were spent in Istanbul. Crowded Istanbul. Crowded, touristy Istanbul. I have to admit that I really wanted to like it more, but it left me feeling sour and grumpy. I’ll expand in a later post, for now, enjoy the photos. Inside the Hagia Sofia. Kitty. What a strange drink! Fermented [...]

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Turkey, part 2: various old stone things

September 6, 2011

More photographic evidence of my trip to Turkey. After Canakkale, we made our way to Bergama (via the highly inefficient bus route through Izmir). It was charmingly small-town and stocked with plenty of ancient ruins to gawk at. And gawk we did. View from the balcony of our guesthouse. The owner of the guesthouse grew [...]

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