After being down for over a year, I finally relaunched AmerasianWorld.com's "Salaam Central Asia". Salaam Central Asia was my first website devoted my experiences in Central Asia from 1997-1999. I will update the site to include my return to Kazakhstan from 2013-2016. The site is now running on WordPress after spending a day converting from XHTML 1.1 to HTML 5. It was nice to … [Read more...] about AmerasianWorld.com’s Salaam Central Asia Relaunched
Karatau
One encouragement to return to Kazakhstan
One April 16, 2012 10:42 pm There is a group of people in my life whom I'm greatful for making me who I am. Dear Kevin, you are the first person in the list of this group. Today I would like to thank you for your great input in me. Unfortunately I do not remember many good people who were there for me, as I'm just a human beeing... ;( But I do remember you and your … [Read more...] about One encouragement to return to Kazakhstan
My Second Kazakh Host Family – Orazimbetovs
This is my second Peace Corps Host Family, the Orazibetovs. They had their hands full dealing with me since I am, umm, a big trouble maker common for young Americans living overseas for the first time. I really miss them and hope to see them at least one more time in my life time. … [Read more...] about My Second Kazakh Host Family – Orazimbetovs
Karatau Lyceum in Spring
This is one of the very few pictures of clouds over Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan gets about 300 plus days of sun each year. Here is a picture of the Karatau Lyceum before a thunderstorm in Spring, 1998. … [Read more...] about Karatau Lyceum in Spring
Karatau Lyceum in Winter
This was my first winter in Karatau, Kazakhstan. It was quite cold, we got a lot of snow. Still, it was so beautiful. I miss the Kazakh winters. … [Read more...] about Karatau Lyceum in Winter