In which Zach arrives in Dushanbe and spends his first day in the city seeing local museums and teahouses, and presents Arabic keffiyehs to his sisters.

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NOTE: This post is now deprecated by the one following it. Thanks! It’s been a whirlwind of exciting activities the past few days, more than I could ever hope to write at the moment while I’m experiencing it. My journeys through Istanbul yesterday, and Tajikistan today, have been very informative on both a cultural and […]

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In which Zach spends the first day of his trip to Central Asia in Istanbul, Turkey – touring the Hagia Sofia museum and the Sultanahmet mosque with two Japanese flight attendants, being harassed by vendors, and eating unpronounceable foods.

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In which Zach updates from the airport, about to start off on his two-week journey into central Asia to visit family there, as well as describing his new group of students.

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After my usual early morning Friday biking with Cycling Jordan, I ended up staying over at Kamal and his fiance Ruth’s apartment in north Amman, as we were doing some Linux work on Kamal’s laptop. Whiskey was consumed, and I was given the guest room to drag my weary self to, still dressed in my […]

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In which Zach visits Syria, his first Arab country outside of Jordan, with his choir, Dozan wa Awtar, and explores the city of Damascus and the Umayyad Mosque. They join with 2 other choirs from Lebanon and Syria to make beautiful music at the lovely Church of the Olives in the heart of the Old City.

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