Title: Shane Stevenson (
Tajikistan)
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Panoramic Pamirs - 30/Aug/2010 07:27 - 5211 days ago
A Yurt on the wind swept plains of the PamirsThe town of Khorog, encases a barrage of chocolate coloured snow melt and...
PAMIRS - Statue Spotting - 23/Aug/2010 07:02 - 5218 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...
Tourists in Tajikistan - 14/Aug/2010 09:25 - 5227 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...
Khojand - 19/Jul/2010 05:05 - 5253 days ago
An auspicious statue of Lenin casts a long heavy shadow over Khojand, the furthest eastern outpost of Alexander the Great. Altho...
World Cup - What World Cup?? - 25/Jun/2010 05:52 - 5277 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...
Fragility - 20/May/2010 11:52 - 5313 days ago
After a year living, working, travelling and enjoying life here in Tajikistan I was once again reminded how fragile life is with...
A Messy Business - 01/May/2010 06:56 - 5332 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...
Natural Disasters - 14/Apr/2010 11:22 - 5349 days ago
In Tajikistan, unlike the majority of natural disasters that occur in the west, many natural disasters are natural disasters, an...
Hairy, Fatty and Dirty - 02/Apr/2010 10:33 - 5361 days ago
Over‘NAV RUZ’, the Tajik New Year festival, we decided to escape theBuzkashi(goat polo) and visit another politically sensit...
Revitalise in Tajikistan - 09/Mar/2010 07:50 - 5385 days ago
For many international organisations Tajikistan is regarded as a hardship post, however, based upon the number of restaurants, h...
The Russian Civilian Tank - 20/Feb/2010 05:41 - 5402 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 ...
CAMP's Crusade - 07/Feb/2010 18:02 - 5415 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...
The‘Funny Side’ of Tajikistan - 22/Jan/2010 10:06 - 5431 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 ...
The Roghun Dam and Iron Fist Marketing. - 11/Jan/2010 05:54 - 5442 days ago
It is billed as the biggest Hydro-Power Scheme in Central Asia, supplying reliable electricity for its people and generating inv...
New Years Eve, Dushanbe - 04/Jan/2010 06:02 - 5449 days ago
Christmas and New Year appear to be a time of confused identity and symbology. Wrought iron Christmas trees decorated in dead br...
Khoja Obigarm - 29/Dec/2009 07:01 - 5455 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...
Opening Doors and Name Dropping - 23/Dec/2009 10:15 - 5461 days ago
To provide you with an insight into insular ex-pat communities, bonded by circumstance and the subsequent trials and tribulation...
‘Our Man’ DD - Davlatbek Davlatov - 19/Nov/2009 12:16 - 5495 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 ...
Com’on it’s not that bad… - 06/Nov/2009 06:34 - 5508 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...
Apples - 20/Oct/2009 11:10 - 5525 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...
Folks Arrive in Dushanbe (and the authorities are waiting…) - 13/Oct/2009 07:55 - 5532 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...
Honorary Humiliation at the Hash House Harriers, Dushanbe - 21/Sep/2009 09:42 - 5554 days ago
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Havali - Garden House - 11/Sep/2009 06:57 - 5564 days ago
In a confused and exacerbated attempt to find privacy, tranquillity and a place to wander around in your boxers during Ramadam, ...
True Noon - 24/Aug/2009 06:10 - 5582 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...
Hash House Harriers - 09/Aug/2009 09:12 - 5597 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 ...
‘Muminobod’ - 09/Aug/2009 09:11 - 5597 days ago
Each international development agency adopts their own district to nurture, develop and pump endless streams of western taxpayer...
Shiny Suits and Pointy Shoes - 09/Aug/2009 09:11 - 5597 days ago
Formal events emphasise fashion faux pas and the gulfs in perceptions between what is considered sexy, formal, casual, alluring ...
Beyond the City Limits - 09/Aug/2009 09:10 - 5597 days ago
The Chinese silky smooth asphalt road out East abruptly descends into a donkey track at Obi Garm (hot spring, potentially twinne...
‘Arse Shalom dar Tajikiwickistan’ - 09/Aug/2009 09:09 - 5597 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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