TDY to Turkmenistan
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has more projects than they have people to staff them full time, so Foreign Service Construction...Read More
Parting Thoughts from the Parthian Empire
The two weeks I spent in Ashgabat flew by. Here are some of the things that I'm going to remember out the trip. While this area has quit...Read More
The Horses of Ashgabat
I had originally planned on including a paragraph or two in each of the other posts from my TDY to Turkmenistan , but that seemed to make al...Read More
Riding an Akhal-Teke Horse
The horse is very popular in Turkmen culture. So much so, there's a horse on the national crest and there is a ministry of horses . Ther...Read More
The Gates of Hell
When someone mentions "the Gates of Hell," do you think of Rodin's masterpiece in the Musee D'Orsay , a Tom Petty song ,...Read More
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
What happens when a city that doesn't get much rain during the year gets hit by a rainstorm? Flooding - because there isn't a functi...Read More
Ashgabat and the Silk Road
My first Sunday in Ashgabat, I went to Tolkuchka Bazaar and then rode around the city . It was an interesting experience, definitely worth ...Read More
Calling all Engineers!
The Foreign Service Construction Engineer (FSCE) Vacancy Announcement will open on November 17, 2015 and will close on December 09, 2015...Read More
Wandering around Ashgabat
I had some time off to explore the city of Ashgabat. One of the most striking features of the city is how nearly every building seems to be ...Read More
Transiting Iranian Airspace
Normally, "fly-over" country refers to somewhere that people normally don't want to travel to. But in this case, Iran is a &q...Read More
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