Woke up kind of early, internal clock not set yet. Finished watching SPEAK, a movie I had on my computer about a high school girl who won’t talk much. Then started watching a documentary about the Da Vinci Code, and that put me back to sleep.
Woke up again around right time. Was first to take a shower. I opened the faucet and prayed the water would change back to colorless. After a short while it did!
We had bread and jam and tea and coffee at the apartment for breakfast. Packed our cameras and computers and set out for the day. We got to RI-SOL and I marked their location on the GPS, coordinates coming soon. We got history of Tajiksitan lesson and some info about its culture, and then had a short Q&A session. Then another speaker told us about history of the program here, where we’ll be going, what we’ll be doing. We had lunch and had this very interesting fellow from the US embassy join us and we just had a question and answer session, very informal, but extremely enjoyable. He gave us cool pins made with a US flag and Tajik flag together. I like to get pins of where I go, so this one will be highly treasured.
We finished eating and got ready to go to our first Internet Learning Center at a school in Dushanbe that is within walking distance. We get there and guess what, they prepared a mini feast for us (remember, I just say we just got finished eating!)
The performed a mini-wedding Tajikistan style. This was great and educational. We did other activities with the students, we even danced.
I will never forget this visit or any other visit to schools of Tajikistan. I wish to trade my students for a group of Tajikistan students, but I don’t think the government would allow it.
I will be putting pictures up from the visit very soon. I also hope to find a way to put video on the internet, we made movies from the student performances.
Every day I spend in Tajikistan is like finding a treasure.
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