Countdown!

Just a few more days, and I leave for Tajikistan! I will participate in a summer language program in Dushanbe, where I will study Farsi and Tajik. I am very excited, as this is my first long visit to Central Asia (I was in Kyrgystan for a few days in 2005), since the end of my Peace Corps service in 2004. I studied Central Asia in my MA program for the past two years, and focused on Tajikstan as much as possible. I also plan to focus on Tajikistan for my PhD in anthropology starting this fall. Now, finally, I'll see it for myself!