Kokand
Traveling from Tashkent to Kokand, where our worksite was located, proved an interesting journey through mountain passes. As we left…
Tashkent, Arrival
Having departed Philadelphia around 5 pm Friday, I arrived in Tashkent at 2 am on Sunday. Clearing customs and getting…
Samarkand
Brown, brown the color of exhausted dirt extended up into the sky, increasingly translucent until at the apex there was…
Puffy Jacket Required
That just happened. A plane ticket arrived in my email Thursday morning and I landed in 32 degree Astana, Kazakhstan,…
Muree And Neelum
Simply getting out was a joy. Going to the mountains was even better. We wound our way to Muree—about 7,000…
Rohtas Fort
A woman touring in nations not her own ought never fully slake her thirst. It would have a consequence that…
Virsa Lok
Virsa Lok, proved an interesting experience. One follows the white marble road to weave in and out of the cultural…
The Lizard in the Artifacts
3/31/12 Taxila day finally arrived and all of us were sitting out front waiting at 9:30 sharp. The road took…
Pakistan, A Different Life
For two years, I lived and worked in Pakistan. No doubt you've already formed an opinion of what that was…
Gifts Of Beauty and Utility
Today we did four temples, one of which we were able to climb for a great view of the surrounding…
A Second Day in Paradise
May 25, 2013 Cambodia is peace. The people are sweet and helpful. The tuck tuck driver doesn’t mind if you…
Angkor Wat — Bucket Listed, With Reason
May 24, 2013 Dinner was at the Schnitzel Wirten and what a place that was. Huge quantities of pork, cheap…