Keen on Kyrgyzstan

• Welcome 9 months ago Hi there, all!
• The Worker's Paradise, pt. 2 - Awfully Pretty, Ain't It? 1 year ago From the Issyk-Ata Sanitorium, a thin trail leads through the valley above the bathhouses and dormitories to the alpine wilderness beyond. It was mid-morning, and the sanitorium’s patients, given some free time after the group breakfast, had come to the trail in twos and threes for the...
• The Workers' Paradise - Pt. 1 2 years ago The city life was squeezing the air out of us. My brother Palmer has been living with me, doing a version of the nine-to-five at a school down the street, and he’d been stuck in the belly of Bishkek for a month without reprieve while I played with eagles in the countryside. He started to [...]
• Anatomy of a Hunting Festival 2 years ago The Mysterious Oracle A woman reads a speech from a stage, but she’s not standing on it – she’s standing behind it. Her disembodied voice floats over the audience, pronouncing, “We are reviving the traditions of our ancestors!” After the couple hundred people who are...
• Three Keens in Kyrgyzstan - Part II 2 years ago This is part two in a two-part series. To read the first part, scroll down or click here. Ala-Archa National Park was just a friendly taxi ride away. “Hey Dennis,” our taxi driver said before every question, “Where are you from? What are you doing here? Can I find you a Kyrgyz...

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