Bishkek Stories


Bishkek

The last few days I’ve been involved in a planning meeting for a project on the “Oral History of Tajikistan since Independence.” It’s been a great meeting where we’ve discussed many plans… but while I was in the meetings Eric had all the fun. He spent his days relaxing in the luxurious room (hot running water and everything!) with CNN and exploring the...


Happy New Year!

I’m discovering that one of the best things about Kyrgyzstan is the fact that you get to celebrate so many New Years! First we had the around-the-world New Year celebration, followed by the “old” New Year based on the Orthodox calendar, which was followed by the Chinese New Year, and now on March 21st we celebrated the New Year for Muslims all around ...


Students' Chain Stories

These are a few chain stories from my fall semester students. It's difficult to find them very funny without knowing the personalities behind them, but you can imagine... 1. One day we decided to visit Texas…..because we met Ms. Wilson and she told us that Texas is a wonderful place. So we went to the British Airways office to get tickets. Our pl...


Two hiking stories

I recognize the fact that these updates have become fewer and fewer over the last couple months. The reason is a combination of a lack of time and a lack of internet availability. But I know how much many of you enjoy reading these and seeing pictures, so I¡¦ll do my best to keep up with it; and I¡¦ll try to put pictures on, but this is often quite di...