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Daily Archives: September 23, 2011
The Great Game: Dispatch 10-Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan Part 2
September 23rd, 2011
Tajik women, if they wish to cover their head, do so with a floral scarf pulled low over their forehead and knotted behind their head, pirate style. The older women still wear long dresses with scoop necks bordered in sequins, thick socks and sandals. But the young women adore their tight jeans, their sexy tops, their barrettes and braided hair. So many here look of European ancestry, with fair skin, pale green/blue/hazel eyes, freckles and sharp chins.
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The Great Game: Dispatch 10 Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan Part 1
September 23rd, 2011
I met my match in Kyrgyzstan, as I got lip to glass with a beverage even I could not drink. It seems only yesterday I was riding an Akhal Teke horse in Ashgebad, yet we have crossed all the “stans” and tomorrow we enter China. It’s high time I sent out some wordshots (as opposed to snapshots), culled from the images swirling in my head. And before I forget, SEE BOTTOM OF THIS DISPATCH FOR A CONTEST!!!!
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