Title: Shane Stevenson (Tajikistan)

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URL: http://tojikvso.blogspot.com/

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Panoramic Pamirs - 30/Aug/2010 07:27 - 4994 days ago
A Yurt on the wind swept plains of the PamirsThe town of Khorog, encases a barrage of chocolate coloured snow melt and...
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PAMIRS - Statue Spotting - 23/Aug/2010 07:02 - 5001 days ago
Fort at Vose - All you need it a well trained dogWhy is it, on the morning of a big trip something annoying happens, with the od...
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Tourists in Tajikistan - 14/Aug/2010 09:25 - 5010 days ago
The tourist season is upon us, yes people visit Tajikistan out of choice, in fact, there were 3300 tourists in the first three m...
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Khojand - 19/Jul/2010 05:05 - 5036 days ago
An auspicious statue of Lenin casts a long heavy shadow over Khojand, the furthest eastern outpost of Alexander the Great. Altho...
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World Cup - What World Cup?? - 25/Jun/2010 05:52 - 5060 days ago
Welcome back to me!  Welcome back to you!After a hectic, frenetic and energetic jaunt around the UK, I am now severely ligh...
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Fragility - 20/May/2010 11:52 - 5096 days ago
After a year living, working, travelling and enjoying life here in Tajikistan I was once again reminded how fragile life is with...
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A Messy Business - 01/May/2010 06:56 - 5115 days ago
Just when you think you are beginning to understand how development works the proverbial spanner smacks you on the back of the h...
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Natural Disasters - 14/Apr/2010 11:22 - 5132 days ago
In Tajikistan, unlike the majority of natural disasters that occur in the west, many natural disasters are natural disasters, an...
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Hairy, Fatty and Dirty - 02/Apr/2010 10:33 - 5144 days ago
Over‘NAV RUZ’, the Tajik New Year festival, we decided to escape theBuzkashi(goat polo) and visit another politically sensit...
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Revitalise in Tajikistan - 09/Mar/2010 07:50 - 5168 days ago
For many international organisations Tajikistan is regarded as a hardship post, however, based upon the number of restaurants, h...
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The Russian Civilian Tank - 20/Feb/2010 05:41 - 5185 days ago
The Lada Niva is the Soviet Landrover.The Niva was originally designed for the Soviet Ministry of Defence in the 1970’s as an ...
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CAMP's Crusade - 07/Feb/2010 18:02 - 5198 days ago
There are three taboo subjects for blogging; (i) work, (ii) love life and (iii) size of your appendage (or boobs).Maybe there sh...
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The‘Funny Side’ of Tajikistan - 22/Jan/2010 10:06 - 5214 days ago
Yesterday morning I was suffering from man flu, and in my fuzzy head I had already drafted another derisory Tajik put down; the ...
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The Roghun Dam and Iron Fist Marketing. - 11/Jan/2010 05:54 - 5225 days ago
It is billed as the biggest Hydro-Power Scheme in Central Asia, supplying reliable electricity for its people and generating inv...
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New Years Eve, Dushanbe - 04/Jan/2010 06:02 - 5232 days ago
Christmas and New Year appear to be a time of confused identity and symbology. Wrought iron Christmas trees decorated in dead br...
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Khoja Obigarm - 29/Dec/2009 07:01 - 5238 days ago
In the 1970’s the Soviet communist state decided to reward its cotton-picking comrades with a spa visit to straighten their ba...
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Opening Doors and Name Dropping - 23/Dec/2009 10:15 - 5244 days ago
To provide you with an insight into insular ex-pat communities, bonded by circumstance and the subsequent trials and tribulation...
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‘Our Man’ DD - Davlatbek Davlatov - 19/Nov/2009 12:16 - 5278 days ago
DD grew up in the Veshab valley in the remote mountain village in the North of Tajikistan. I now share his office and over the ...
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Com’on it’s not that bad… - 06/Nov/2009 06:34 - 5291 days ago
After a frenzied attack on my literal slating of Dushanbe, it only seems fair to balance the see- saw back towards the positives...
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Apples - 20/Oct/2009 11:10 - 5308 days ago
Josh decided to bring 15kg of bruised manky apples back from Muminobod, here is a reflection of the consquences:Core to the left...
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Folks Arrive in Dushanbe (and the authorities are waiting…) - 13/Oct/2009 07:55 - 5315 days ago
The Riga flight actually arrives at 3.00a.m with the passengers finally escaping the terminal around 5.00a.m. Ma and Pa were dis...
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Honorary Humiliation at the Hash House Harriers, Dushanbe - 21/Sep/2009 09:42 - 5337 days ago
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Havali - Garden House - 11/Sep/2009 06:57 - 5347 days ago
In a confused and exacerbated attempt to find privacy, tranquillity and a place to wander around in your boxers during Ramadam, ...
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True Noon - 24/Aug/2009 06:10 - 5365 days ago
For a country that is scared to sneeze in case it is misconstrued as a political view leading to infinite incarceration in the s...
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Hash House Harriers - 09/Aug/2009 09:12 - 5380 days ago
In Kuala Lumpa a sweaty colonial sat sipping his Gin and Tonic, not remembering the last night he was dry. His success with the ...
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‘Muminobod’ - 09/Aug/2009 09:11 - 5380 days ago
Each international development agency adopts their own district to nurture, develop and pump endless streams of western taxpayer...
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Shiny Suits and Pointy Shoes - 09/Aug/2009 09:11 - 5380 days ago
Formal events emphasise fashion faux pas and the gulfs in perceptions between what is considered sexy, formal, casual, alluring ...
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Beyond the City Limits - 09/Aug/2009 09:10 - 5380 days ago
The Chinese silky smooth asphalt road out East abruptly descends into a donkey track at Obi Garm (hot spring, potentially twinne...
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‘Arse Shalom dar Tajikiwickistan’ - 09/Aug/2009 09:09 - 5380 days ago
The language is a doddle, honest! a mixture of Russian shapes and Farsi scrip with a few extra throaty growls. Is this the last ...
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