Monday, July 20, 2009

Kyrgyzstan Tour

So in the past 6 days I've traveled to Chui, Naryn, Karakol, and Talas. I'm back in Bishkek awaiting my flight back south so I can complete the tour with Jalalabad and Osh! Its been crazy sharing taxis - for 4 - 8 hour stints to get out to these places where PCVs live in the middle of nowhere. The purpose of my tour was to conduct trainings with PCVs on the Anti-Bride Kidnapping Toolkits I revised from last year. This has been a huge project for me and a big part of my Peace Corps/Masters International experience. It was amazing to see the different oblasts and experience the cultural and temperature differences of each place. I'm exhausted and sweaty and dirty and still have half a day of traveling ahead of me, but I'm happy that I have the support of the staff, of other PCVs, and of locals. I'm happy that I've seen almost all of Kyrgyzstan too!