Note: this post doesn’t contain any photos, aside from the one above (which was taken with my old…
# Kyrgyzstan
Welcome to the second installment of Buildings That I Love, an ongoing series in which I introduce some…
This post is the first in a series of short missives exploring the history and architecture of some…
Last Saturday, March 21, marked the first day of spring – and in the Persian calendar, it also…
A few months back, I posted some psychedelic photos of Bishkek – the eccentric offspring of a Soviet…
“The other ambassadors warn me of famines, extortions, conspiracies, or else they inform me of newly discovered turquoise…
A few days ago, I paid a visit to a site that has captured my curiosity since my…
While the official rhetoric of the Soviet Union extolled its constituent republics’ unity despite their myriad cultural differences,…