From Central Europe to the Tien Shan: TEFL Programs to Kyrgyz Yurts
About this blog
Having been worn thin on sales jobs, paltry paychecks and a mundane Middle-America existence, I hopped a London-bound flight in December of 2001. The main destination was meant to be Prague for a TEFL certification program and then elsewhere in Central/Eastern Europe to begin teaching English. Somewhere after the former I got sidetracked on the latter and wound up a few months later staring at the Caspian Sea aboard a Turkmenistan-bound ferry. 'Twas a fine decision in hindsight all the same!
Disclaimer! This is a travelogue of map pins for now. I hoped to scan my old photos from this trip back when I last in the US, but unfortunately couldn't find the time. Hopefully someday I can upload some and write a bit to fill this out.
Trip Start
Dec 19, 2001
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Trip End
Jul 20, 2002
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There are 21 entries in this blog
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An English Christmas -
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New Year's in Picardie -
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Stowing some gear with hospitable friends -
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Fed up with an ugly situation -
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Stopping off in a wee old Saxon town -
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Land of the whirling dervishes -
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Fairy chimneys and giant phalluses -
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Monuments and bazaars of old thrust into modernity -
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Relics of the old amongst the new -
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A stunningly-set Ottoman town -
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Slapped in the face by bureaucracy -
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Georgia's second city -
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An ancient city of caverns -
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Up in the soaring Caucasus -
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A final day in Georgia -
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An overnight trip to an old Alpine resort town -
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Procuring the elusive Turkmen visa -
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Avoiding the conflict zone -
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The sunbaked wastes of the eastern Caspian -
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The run-down charm of Romania's biggest port -
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Closing time
