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Nukus and Khiva

Posted on March 30, 2021 by KK

An early 2-hour flight from Tashkent, across desert, took me to the capital of the Karakalpakstan region, Nukus. I knew there wasn’t much to do here – it was desert-hot and dry – but every desert sometimes has a rose and the Igor Savitsky museum of art would be that rose. Although I am not…

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“What will your verse be?”

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 by KK

A poem by Walt Whitman, first heard on one of my favorite movies, “Dead Poet’s Society”. Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)Of eyes that vainly…

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Tashkent

Posted on February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 by KK

I used the capital, Tashkent, as a launching point for my travel in Uzbekistan – it’d have to be where I enter and where I exit the country – as there are no other international airports that’d take me to my next planned destinations. When faced with one entry+exit point in the past, I’ve been…

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The Road to Samarkand

Posted on January 29, 2021February 3, 2021 by KK

When I was a kid, I read a children’s story about a place called Samarkand. What we know of Aladdin’s or Ali Baba’s world, Samarkand was a place like that – an important stop along the famous Silk Road where tales of mystique and adventure could be had. But we don’t live in that world…

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The power of Flight

Posted on October 1, 2019December 22, 2020 by KK

Amidst the sound of waves coming ashore, a sea gull screeches as it glides above the Atlantic. Sitting on a make-shift bench fashioned by pieces of plank-wood likely used to repair homes in this part of country susceptible to hurricanes (Dorian likely paid a visit a few weeks ago), I take a moment from reading…

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The Oasis of Architecture

Posted on September 21, 2019December 20, 2020 by KK

After saying goodbye to Nuri from the hostel, I caught a bus to the airport to catch my 1.5 hour flight to the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. Note: I literally just found this out while typing this but as of March 2019, Astana is now renamed to “Nur-Sultan”, after its long-time President/Dictator, Nursultan Nazarbayev. I personally think…

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The (original?) Big Apple

Posted on May 23, 2019December 20, 2020 by KK

I follow the MoskvaDown to Gorky ParkListening to the wind of change… Although I did not follow the Moskva like the Scorpions, I did end up in Gorky Park but only in the former capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty, a city name whose name essentially means “apple”, due to it being the area of origin for certain varieties of…

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The Eye of Immortality

Posted on May 22, 2019December 20, 2020 by KK

I’ve been reading Yuval Noah Harari’s book, “Homo Deus – A Brief History of Tomorrow”. In it, Harari talks about how famine, disease, and wars were the limiting factors in the lives of humans until the last few decades and in the next few, he believes mankind will pursue immortality, or at least, realistically, living…

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Crossing the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border

Posted on May 21, 2019December 20, 2020 by KK

After returning from Cholpon-Ata and staying in Bishkek for the night, I made my way across the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border and toward Almaty. I had a little scare crossing the border because I thought I lost my marshrutka group and my ride. This is how a border crossing works in a lot of Asia; your shared ride arrives…

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Lake Issyk-Kul

Posted on May 20, 2019December 20, 2020 by KK

Boarding a marshrutka from Bishkek, I took the 6 hour journey to check out Lake Issyk-Kul. While many people choose to make a clockwise or counter-clockwise journey around the massive lake, checking out different perspectives from different towns (with the aim of passing through Karakol, east of the lake, a favorite launching-off point for hikes in the beautiful…

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