More Pictures

Camp is over. We all had a great time. Here are a few more pictures. Tomorrow (saturday the 14th) I'll take the train back to my site in the south, Aksukent. Next week I'll have my teacher training seminar... hopefully there will be teachers and training, we'll see.


Two of the school's dancers in traditional Kazakh dress.


Besh Barmak, which means five fingers, because it is traditionally eaten without utensils. It is the national dish of the Kazakhs, and they are very proud of it. (The Uzbek national dish is polow, which is similar to fried rice) Besh Barmak consists of long wide noodles, potatoes, onions, and lots of meat with a broth poured over it. It is very tasty, and anytime you are a guest at a Kazakh's house there's no need to even ask what's for dinner, it's always Besh Barmak.


Roman was our Kazakh language teacher during our training in Almaty. He is an English teacher here in Alga. He is playing the Dombra, which is Kazakhstan's national instrument. The Dombra is a two-stringed instrument that is smaller than a guitar.


My group at the camp. These are eighth grade students. We were team Great Britain; and our main achievement during the last few days of camp was not finishing in last place on the ten team scoreboard. But all of them are good kids.


Me, sitting around during the closing ceremony. I've taken four or five hundred pictures over the last two weeks. I think a couple of them are even good.