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With local residents of the Seven Lakes region in Tajikistan View fullsize
Driving on the Transfagarasan Highway in Romania in 2014 View fullsize
With a shepherd in Transylvania, Romania in September 2014 View fullsize
Trying the Central Asian game of Buzkashi (goat dragging), which is like "capture the flag" View fullsize
Speaking at a conference of Fulbright Program alumni at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2016 View fullsize
At the U.S.-Tajikistan Battle of the Bands 2022 View fullsize
At one of the famous painted monasteries in Romania View fullsize
Emerging from the polar plunge (known as "kreshenie" or christening in Russian) - Vladivostok, Russia, January 2019 View fullsize
Tajik-Pamiri kids near Darvoz on the Tajik-Afghan border selling apricots View fullsize
Riding a yak in the Murghob region of eastern Tajikistan View fullsize
Persian New Year Celebration in Tajikistan View fullsize
Opening an exhibit of celebrity photos by American photographer Henny Garfunkel in Vladivostok, Russia, September 2018 View fullsize
At the RC Cola Plane in Khujand, Tajikistan - RC Cola is very popular in Central Asia View fullsize
With grandfather snow and little snow girl in Khujand, Tajikistan around New Year 2010-2011 View fullsize
Meeting musician Daler Nazarov in Tajiksitan View fullsize
At a gas station on the Tajik-Afghan border near Qalai-Khumb / Darvoz View fullsize
A Tajik village elder named Inoyat in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan View fullsize
My motorcycle taxi out of the Seven Lakes region of the Fann Mountains in Tajikistan View fullsize
Hiking at Hojai Obi Garm in Tajikistan View fullsize
About to board our hover boat taxi to get from Anadyr, Chukotka to the airport across the still-frozen bay in late May. View fullsize
With a Tajik shepherd in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan View fullsize
Riding a donkey in Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan View fullsize
Visiting the old city of Panjakent in northwest Tajikistan View fullsize
Being treated to a delicious qurutob dinner in Gharm, Tajikistan View fullsize
Wearing a Soviet-era tank helmet while watching a buzkashi match in Tajikistan (buzkashi riders often wear this kind of hat) View fullsize
Meeting with local residents in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley in Tajikistan 2011 View fullsize
Being treated to lunch by local residents in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan View fullsize
Standing on the western edge of Khorugh (Khorog) city in Tajikistan's eastern Badakhshan region. View fullsize
At Yamchun Fortress in southeast Tajikistan View fullsize
Riding a donkey near Lake Sarez in Tajikistan's Pamir mountains, known as "The Roof of the World" View fullsize
Speaking at an award ceremony for photographers at the American Space in Dushanbe, Tajikistan View fullsize
Speaking about exchange programs to English students in Khabarovsk, Russia View fullsize
Speaking at American Space Dushanbe's 4th of July celebration in Tajikistan View fullsize
Wearing a traditional Tajik robe and toki hat in Panjakent, Tajikistan View fullsize
Hiking in Tajikistan in July View fullsize
Being treated to lunch in Pskon village Tajikistan in 2021 - ten years after my first visit. View fullsize
At Lake Sarez in Tajikistan with my local friend and guide Mamad View fullsize
Traveling around Tajikistan with my boss Eric Hamrin View fullsize
At Iskanderkul Lake in Tajikistan in autumn View fullsize
With local residents of the Seven Lakes region in Tajikistan
Driving on the Transfagarasan Highway in Romania in 2014
With a shepherd in Transylvania, Romania in September 2014
Trying the Central Asian game of Buzkashi (goat dragging), which is like "capture the flag"
Speaking at a conference of Fulbright Program alumni at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2016
At the U.S.-Tajikistan Battle of the Bands 2022
At one of the famous painted monasteries in Romania
Emerging from the polar plunge (known as "kreshenie" or christening in Russian) - Vladivostok, Russia, January 2019
Tajik-Pamiri kids near Darvoz on the Tajik-Afghan border selling apricots
Riding a yak in the Murghob region of eastern Tajikistan
Persian New Year Celebration in Tajikistan
Opening an exhibit of celebrity photos by American photographer Henny Garfunkel in Vladivostok, Russia, September 2018
At the RC Cola Plane in Khujand, Tajikistan - RC Cola is very popular in Central Asia
With grandfather snow and little snow girl in Khujand, Tajikistan around New Year 2010-2011
Meeting musician Daler Nazarov in Tajiksitan
At a gas station on the Tajik-Afghan border near Qalai-Khumb / Darvoz
A Tajik village elder named Inoyat in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan
My motorcycle taxi out of the Seven Lakes region of the Fann Mountains in Tajikistan
Hiking at Hojai Obi Garm in Tajikistan
About to board our hover boat taxi to get from Anadyr, Chukotka to the airport across the still-frozen bay in late May.
With a Tajik shepherd in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan
Riding a donkey in Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan
Visiting the old city of Panjakent in northwest Tajikistan
Being treated to a delicious qurutob dinner in Gharm, Tajikistan
Wearing a Soviet-era tank helmet while watching a buzkashi match in Tajikistan (buzkashi riders often wear this kind of hat)
Meeting with local residents in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley in Tajikistan 2011
Being treated to lunch by local residents in Pskon village of Yaghnob Valley, Tajikistan
Standing on the western edge of Khorugh (Khorog) city in Tajikistan's eastern Badakhshan region.
At Yamchun Fortress in southeast Tajikistan
Riding a donkey near Lake Sarez in Tajikistan's Pamir mountains, known as "The Roof of the World"
Speaking at an award ceremony for photographers at the American Space in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Speaking about exchange programs to English students in Khabarovsk, Russia
Speaking at American Space Dushanbe's 4th of July celebration in Tajikistan
Wearing a traditional Tajik robe and toki hat in Panjakent, Tajikistan
Hiking in Tajikistan in July
Being treated to lunch in Pskon village Tajikistan in 2021 - ten years after my first visit.
At Lake Sarez in Tajikistan with my local friend and guide Mamad
Traveling around Tajikistan with my boss Eric Hamrin
At Iskanderkul Lake in Tajikistan in autumn

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