Home Life in Tajikistan

When I imagined expat (expatriate) life, I never thought the living conditions would be as they are. I had pictured hot, sweaty Africa, living in a tukul (mud hut with a thatched roof), and sleeping under mosquito netting. Our house in Tajikistan is far from that image.

Farewell, Avaz

The irony of beginning the first post from the field on the topic of death is not lost on me. In some ways I embarked on an expat life as a form of rebirth.