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bad cheese

(Since this is a rant, I’m posting photos of Kyrgyz babies to make us all feel better.) I’ve been busy. My pile of half-finished drafts, articles I’m working on, emails I have to write, and papers to grade is so high that it’s teetering like a drunken Jenga tower. Every day there’s a new pressing …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 31, 2011Posted indaily life, KyrgyzstanTags: bummer

earthquake in Bishkek

There was an earthquake last Friday, March 18th. Oh, did you not feel it? It wasn’t so big, but enough that as I was laying in bed at that moment, I could feel my bomb-shelter-esque concrete apartment building swaying and rocking. (After Friday, I don’t think I’ve ever received so many complements on the sturdiness …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 24, 2011Posted indaily life, KyrgyzstanTags: earthquakes

a trip to Osh, part 4

(part 1, part 2, part 3) I already feel like a lifetime has passed since I went to Osh. It’s been a busy few weeks; busy in a wonderful, exciting, yay!-we’re-doing-big-things kind of way, and busy in a hectic, frustrating, oh-god-Farrell-might-get-thrown-in-jail(-again) kind of way. But we came to Kyrgyzstan to do big things, and big …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 17, 2011Posted inKyrgyzstan, photo post, travelsTags: Osh

snapshots from Kochkor

On a complete whim, I went to Kochkor with friends for the Women’s Day three-day-weekend. (You see, Women’s Day fell on a Tuesday this year, but for some reason, Kyrgyzstan felt it was still necessary to place it on a three-day-weekend. Solution? Saturday became a working day. I really do appreciate public holidays in Kyrgyzstan.) …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 12, 2011Posted inKyrgyzstan, photo post, travelsTags: Kochkor

a trip to Osh, part 3

(part 1, part 2) Food. I was told it would be better in Osh, because the Uzbeks are renowned in the region for their skills at preparing it. All of the hype surrounding Uzbek food reminded me of being in Jordan, constantly stuffing my face with hummus while the brats who had been to Lebanon …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 10, 2011Posted inKyrgyzstan, photo post, travelsTags: Osh

a trip to Osh, part 2

(Part 1) My lasting impression of Osh was drab. Grey, poorly heated, a bit dazed and confused. Most of this was because of the awful Siberian cold front that was rendering the entire country shivering and miserable. I tried searching for something remarkable during the barely two days that I was there, but it just …

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Posted byKirstinMarch 4, 2011Posted inKyrgyzstan, photo post, travelsTags: Osh

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