A time of reflection…

It is officially six months since I left ‘Home of the Maple Leaf and Hockey’ and ventured to a fascinating land of the Tajiks. I finally have a bit of a break this weekend to sit back and reflect on my time spent here so far. I’ve noted down some of my memorable and worse moments so far. How fast time flies and how vast this world is that we live in…Rae

Most Memorable

-Tajik Children; they are everywhere, when the average number of children in a household is 5, you can imagine why they are everywhere
-Watching power cuts across the city
-Witnessing a turkey killing
-Eating pork shashlik and celebrating Korean New Years
-Tajik men dancing
-Extraordinary scenery: barren mountains against blue studded sky, oasis town full of mystic and marred with dichotomy
-My favorable place for baked goods: Lazzat bakery

Not so Memorable

-Harassed by Tajik guys and being stared at constantly
-Having to avoid spit all over the streets
-Lack of food variety especially leafy green veggies
-The culture of consuming pure mutton fat, it’s pure disgusting
-Power, water and gas cuts

-Miss watching the Vancouver Canucks, Grey's, my family/friends back home and most of all...my hubby