by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Travel
I went to Bukhara for a weekend. Here’s some of the cool things I saw. It’s more walkable than Samarkand, and my hotel was right in the heart of the old town, so the cool restaurants, historic buildings, and bazaars were right out the door. Nilufar...
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Travel
I’ve been trying to keep up with classes, writing, sightseeing, YouTubing…there’s so much to do! But here are a few pictures to show what’s up in my life at the moment. Here I am helping Nigina chop the carrots and onion for the plov. The plov...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Travel
On Sunday, Shokhsanam came by Mary’s apartment to show Mary and me how to make plov. This is useful (especially for Mary and her daughter) because it is very difficult to find vegetarian meals here. Even if you order something without meat, it’s going to...
by admin | Feb 5, 2022 | Travel
Today was lovely and I decided to hike over to the Museum of the Timurids. That’s the dynasty founded by Timur (aka Tamerlane). The limits of the Timurid Empire Museum exterior. Museum interior Timur’s grandson Ulugbek was not just a sultan but also an...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Travel
Cake fresh from the microwave. Using the stove and oven are my biggest challenges here in my Uzbek apartment. The stove burners seem to have two settings: fire and not fire. The oven lights but doesn’t stay lit. Someone is supposed to come by and investigate for...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Personal, Travel
Hard to show a blackout, but here’s a city without power. So you might have heard on the news that there was a major blackout on Tuesday (25-Jan) that affected large swaths Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The blackout hit me at almost the exact moment I...
