Today Kazakhstan is celebrating 15 years of having a constitution. America has had a constitution for over 200 years and the English had a document kind of like a constitution from practically the b ...

SO… needless to say July and August have flown by super fast and I have a few interesting stories to share… Getting from Satpaev Kazakhstan to Berlin Germany Nick and I were super stoked after our hectic June to relax … Continue reading →

Жүріп Кету (“Departure”) A brief clip of the physical act of moving 74 people and 7000+ lbs of baggage from Georgetown Washington D.C. to Almaty Kazakhstan. 6 548 miles and 36 h ...

I am hesitant to describe struggle with description as I feel my understanding is far too finite to do any justice. How does one explain a country when residing in it for only a week? How does one ap ...

Most of my friends in Peace Corps know that I am borderline obsessed with the soft drink Fanta. During training I usually bought one every other day and would always keep an eye out in the stores f ...

it's been an interesting few days. i've been watching Total Drama Island a really intense cartoon reality show a la Survivor with my sister. we're down to two characters left!!!i've ...

SO. I have only a few weeks left. School will start next week. I don't yet know what groups I will be teaching or with what other teachers which is fine - I don't expect to find out for a while stil ...

Two Years!   I haven't been to America in two years. (I arrived in Kazakhstan 8/21/08). For the past 730 days I have been in Kazakhstan for all about sixteen of them. Fifteen were spent in India a ...

Paul has abandoned his tutoring (for now). He just couldn't bear the frustration and the seeming futility of working with our tutor. Susan decided to keep going if Vicka would work with her alone ...

Today I’m celebrating two years in Kazakhstan. I’ve changed a lot since then. Learned a lot. Grown a lot. It’s been an incredible experience. Through all the ups and downs it has bee ...