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Kazakh Tales 6: Golf in the Gulag

July 24, 2020May 14, 2021 Douglas Fears

A once-in-a-lifetime feat on the sports field! Continue reading Kazakh Tales 6: Golf in the Gulag

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Kazakh Tales 5: Stowaway on a Train

November 15, 2019July 18, 2020 Douglas Fears

Caught riding with no ticket – oh no! Continue reading Kazakh Tales 5: Stowaway on a Train

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Crossing Borders 6: What’s Your Nationality?

October 22, 2019February 21, 2021 Douglas Fears

6th in series of border crossing adventures Continue reading Crossing Borders 6: What’s Your Nationality?

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Herd of wild horses with mountain backdrop

Kazakh Tales 1: Surrounded in a Stampede

March 23, 2019May 14, 2021 Douglas Fears

A cloud of dust and a thundering herd was coming straight at me—what would you do? Continue reading Kazakh Tales 1: Surrounded in a Stampede

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Crossing Borders 2: From Russia with Love

January 7, 2019June 24, 2020 Douglas Fears

Second in a series of strange-but-true border crossing adventures Continue reading Crossing Borders 2: From Russia with Love

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Kazakh Tales 4: The Day I Jumped Off a Moving Train

December 27, 2018August 21, 2020 Douglas Fears

A true story that usually only happens in the movies Continue reading Kazakh Tales 4: The Day I Jumped Off a Moving Train

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Crossing Borders 1: Trainbound in Petropavl

December 19, 2018October 2, 2020 Douglas Fears

First in a series of border crossing adventure tales Continue reading Crossing Borders 1: Trainbound in Petropavl

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Redstone Lenin statue in Karaganda city center, Kazakhstan

Kazakh Tales 3: Best Language Blunders!

October 20, 2018May 14, 2021 Douglas Fears

My funniest language mistakes learning Russian! Continue reading Kazakh Tales 3: Best Language Blunders!

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Golden fall foliage and a mountain lake in Kazakhstan

Kazakh Tales 2: Apples are from Kazakhstan

October 17, 2018July 18, 2020 Douglas Fears

The drunken man in the dining car suggested menu samples – will you try the local apples? Continue reading Kazakh Tales 2: Apples are from Kazakhstan

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