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    • Dungan Mosque

    • Dungan Mosque

    • Religion; Weather; Terrain

    • The Dungan Mosque in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, built in the 1920s and still operating. Taken from my apartment window during a blizzard, winter 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kyrgyzstan Stroll

    • Kyrgyzstan Stroll
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    • That photo was taken on a walk near a village in Kyrgyzstan. Two Volunteers, Luke and Steve, are walking and sharing a talk on the way to the mountains seen in the distance. Photo taken by friend and fellow Volunteer Sarah Hopkins.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friends for Life

    • Friends for Life

    • Host community friends

    • TEFL volunteer, Taylor takes a moment to chat with her neighbors in Kyrgyzstan. For many Volunteers, these small, daily interactions with the local community lay the ground work for life long friendships.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Common Market, Unique Experience

    • Common Market, Unique Experience

    • markets

    • My first time at the bazaar in the Kyrgyz Republic I was in awe of the fresh vegetables and amazingly delicious fruit. The food was accessible and ready to be devoured. This picture was taken in August 2008 with a local Kyrgyz woman examining her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Krygyz Woman in Osh

    • Krygyz Woman in Osh

    • Traditional dress

    • I was visiting the historic city of Osh, Krygyzstan with my friend and interpreter, Asel. We visited the very popular Sulayman Mountain, a site for walks, picnics, family outings, and worship. I met a woman beautifully dressed all in white who had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Kyrgyz Women

    • Three Kyrgyz Women

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken in Toluk village where my host family had taken me guesting. This is my host mother, her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law's mother.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Song-Kol Sunset

    • Song-Kol Sunset

    • Terrain

    • A group of Volunteers visited Song-Kol, a beautiful lake located in the mountains and wilderness of Kyrgyzstan. Both tourists and locals travel here during the summer to stay in yurts and have a more traditional Kyrgyz experience. I took this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Baseball

    • Teaching Baseball

    • sports; youth

    • This photo was taken on May 28th, 2011 at the public stadium in Naryn City, Kyrgyzstan. American and Japanese volunteers worked together to organize an event to teach baseball to local secondary school children. This photo shows several Kyrgyz...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Closing Ceremony 2011 at Leadership Camp

    • Closing Ceremony 2011 at Leadership Camp

    • Children; Education; Girls' education

    • This picture was taken in July of 2011 in Kyrgyz Republic. This picture was taken at the closing ceremony of a Leadership Camp (joint GLOW and TOBE) developed and conducted by Volunteers. Peace Corps Volunteer Jennifer is receiving an award given...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ara-Bel Valley

    • Ara-Bel Valley

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • This picture was taken at Ara-Bel Valley near Barskoon, Kyrgyz Republic in July 2011. The PCV, Brandon, is looking at one of the Jashyl Kul Lakes. Brandon and other PCVs were helping a local tourism organization write itineraries for hikes near...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Song Kul

    • Song Kul

    • Host families; Volunteers; Terrain

    • This picture was taken near Song Kul Lake in Kyrgyz Republic in June 2011. In this picture Volunteer Brooke and Azamat are laughing together. Brooke and other Volunteers spent the evening with Azamat’s family at their summer yurt near the lake.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Azamat

    • Azamat

    • Traditional dress; Children; Animals

    • This picture was taken in Kyrgyz Republic in June 2011. Here, young Azamat (whose name means ‘excellent’ in English) shows off his donkey. Three current Volunteers and one RPCV spent the evening with Azamat’s family at their summer yurt near...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English party at school

    • English party at school

    • music

    • My counterpart decided on a whim one day to have an "English party." For two weeks, our students, who barely knew any English, rehearsed "Sleeping Beauty." They made all their own props and costumes and memorized their lines from a book my aunt...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Faces Full of Books

    • Faces Full of Books

    • education

    • This is the first time our English classroom in Darkhan Village, Kyrygzstan, has had good textbooks. They came our way through a private donation from the U.S. Here is a group of 3rd graders, proudly showing off their colorful new books.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let's Go: Learning a Third Language

    • Let's Go: Learning a Third Language

    • education

    • In the school where I worked in Darkhan Village, Kyrgyzstan, students like these two 3rd-grade girls use the cyrillic alphabet in all their classes. They can speak Kyrgyz and Russian, but learning English is difficult, because they have to learn a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An Afternoon Rainbow

    • An Afternoon Rainbow

    • education

    • The day my host sister, Begaim, announced that she was getting married, a summer afternoon rain shower gave way to a dramatic double rainbow in my small village in eastern Kyrgyzstan. We rushed outside to take pictures. Here, my youngest host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Cultural Exchange through Snowboarding

    • A Cultural Exchange through Snowboarding

    • sports

    • Here is Azamat, hiking back up the hill with my snowboard for another run. Azamat was helping us collect firewood for a winter tourism project deep in the Terskey Ala-Too range of the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan. At the end of the day, our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Kyrgyz Yurt in a Snow Storm

    • A Kyrgyz Yurt in a Snow Storm

    • weather

    • Peace Corps takes you to some far-out places. This is me, posing in front of a yurt during a blizzard. The yurt was about four miles above a small village in eastern Kyrgyzstan called Ichkey-Jergez, nestled in the foothills of the Terskey Ala-Too...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Relaxing on the South Shore

    • Relaxing on the South Shore

    • animals

    • A lone sunbather rests on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, while a throng of sheep search for grass in the sand. While the north shore of the lake is quite developed and popular with tourists, the south shore still offers serenity...
    • Volunteer Photos

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