Besh Tash National Park

In preparation for the 2012 Talas GLOW/TOBE Camp I needed to make a site visit to the camp site in the Besh...

Peace Corps Hardship

Life in the Peace Corps is not as luxurious as some might think it could be. Here is a quick...

Disaster Ski Trip

I don’t like to be negative about too many things, but man oh man this day was pretty much a...

Bishkek / Talas Winter Road Conditions

Think you have a tough commute? This is just another day in the life of a Talas Peace Corps Volunteer....

LSU Alumni Magazine Article - Spring 2012

Greetings Tiger Nation,

Peace Corps Volunteers on Kyrgyz National Television OTPK

National television station OTPK in Kyrgyzstan featured me and some of my Peace Corps Volunteer colleagues during a story about...

Thanksgiving, New Government and New Year

Being as far away from America as I am did not put even the slightest dent in my celebrating the...

Program Travel Report Nov 13-27, 2011

Sunday Nov 13 - Monday Nov 14

LSU Alumni Magazine Article – Winter 2011

Thanksgiving in Kyrgyzstan

Happy Thanksgiving!

May Freedom Ring

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Kyrgyz Republic’s independence from the USSR. To mark the occasion there was a...

Peela Chai Each

Last week was RadioMost’s 4th Anniversary as the pioneer community radio station in Kyrgyzstan.  To mark the occasion we had a music festival...