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China in Photos — The Modern Toilet
China in Photos — The Modern Toilet
Where to the Chinese hip teenagers go to hang out on a rambunctious Saturday night?
Boris Mordkovich
Mar 15, 2012
China Musings — Looking Up
China Musings — Looking Up
Imagine that you wake up in the morning, look outside the window and there, you see the sky covered with a milky shade of gray. No clouds…
Boris Mordkovich
Mar 7, 2012
China Musings — On Fitting In
China Musings — On Fitting In
Nowhere is it more evident just how many people China has within its borders, as it is on the the Guangzhou subway during the morning rush.
Boris Mordkovich
Mar 6, 2012
China in Photos: Chinese Acrobats Puts Cirque du Soleil to Shame
China in Photos: Chinese Acrobats Puts Cirque du Soleil to Shame
During the visit to Beijing, we’ve overheard that the Chinese are renowned for their acrobatics skills. Oh yeah? Well, we’ve been to a…
Boris Mordkovich
Feb 1, 2012
China Off-The-Beaten Path: Wonderland — The One Amusement Park Not Meant for the Kids
China Off-The-Beaten Path: Wonderland — The One Amusement Park Not ...
Walt Disney once said that there exists only The Past, The Present and the World of Fantasy. On a brisk Wednesday afternoon, we found out…
Boris Mordkovich
Jan 31, 2012
China in Photos: Maglev — Levitating Train of the Future
China in Photos: Maglev — Levitating Train of the Future
China’s rail network is quite impressive. With over 90,000km of rail across the country, it is one of the most cheap and convenient ways…
Boris Mordkovich
Jan 30, 2012
China in Photos: Some Food is Best Served on a Stick
China in Photos: Some Food is Best Served on a Stick
One thing that the Chinese are known for is not letting any food go to waste. An admirable quality, indeed, it does lend to some…
Boris Mordkovich
Jan 29, 2012
China Off-The-Beaten Path: The Loneliest Mall in the World
China Off-The-Beaten Path: The Loneliest Mall in the World
It was supposed to be the largest mall in the world — three times as large as the Mall of America in Minnesota (currently the largest in…
Boris Mordkovich
Jan 28, 2012
Heading Off to the Middle Kingdom
Heading Off to the Middle Kingdom
Bicycle in Guangzhou
Boris Mordkovich
Jan 5, 2012
Wrap Up and Thank Yous
Wrap Up and Thank Yous
After making a few brief stops in Kazakhstan and Dubai last week, I’ve finally made it home a week ago — home sweet home!
Boris Mordkovich
Aug 23, 2009
Kyrgyzstan in Pictures: Fountains of Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan in Pictures: Fountains of Bishkek
Bishkek is probably one of the greenest cities I’ve ever encounted. It’s peppered with parks — large and small — where families and couples…
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 31, 2009
Kyrgyzstan in Pictures: Milking the Horses
Kyrgyzstan in Pictures: Milking the Horses
Kyrgyzstan is well-known for several things — traditional yurts, horses on green pastures, and kymyz (horse’s milk). The latter is quite a…
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 28, 2009
Six Months Later: 10 Lessons Learned About Life, Microfinance and the Universe
Six Months Later: 10 Lessons Learned About Life, Microfinance and t...
It was exactly half a year ago, on January 23rd, that I packed all of my belongings in one 30-pound backpack and left New York City for a 7…
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 23, 2009
Hollywood Comes to Kyrgyzstan
Hollywood Comes to Kyrgyzstan
“Have you ever dreamed of being a movie star,” my colleague at work asked.
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 11, 2009
Picking a Foreigner out of the Crowd
Picking a Foreigner out of the Crowd
I was always wondering how is that everywhere you go, locals can so easily tell that that you’re a foreigner. I understand when that…
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 6, 2009
Is It Safe to Travel?
Is It Safe to Travel?
This is somewhat of an off-topic post, but it addresses something that I have thought about numerous times over the last 6 months.
Boris Mordkovich
Jul 1, 2009
Local Flavor of Bishkek
Local Flavor of Bishkek
Just a few miscellaneous tid bits from Bishkek:
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 27, 2009
Behind The Curtain — Getting a New MFI on the Kiva Platform
Behind The Curtain — Getting a New MFI on the Kiva Platform
This has also been posted on the Kiva Fellows blog.
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 26, 2009
First Impressions in The Land of 40 Girls
First Impressions in The Land of 40 Girls
Yep, that’s right — that seems to be the literal translation of Kyrgyzstan (kyrk=forty, gyz=girls, stan=land of). Well, either that or the…
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 22, 2009
When Your Country Calls For Duty…
When Your Country Calls For Duty…
When I came to Tajikistan in February, I registered with the U.S. Embassy — just letting them know that I was there — through their…
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 21, 2009
Borya Kotorij Zhivet v Aeroportu or Smooth Sailing To Kyrgyzstan
Borya Kotorij Zhivet v Aeroportu or Smooth Sailing To Kyrgyzstan
The last few days, I’ve been starting to feel somewhat like Tom Hanks in “The Terminal”, where he found up stuck in the airport for weeks…
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 14, 2009
Last Stop: Negara Brunei Darussalam
Last Stop: Negara Brunei Darussalam
I’ve been blessed with a gift of time over the last few days (as I’ll explain in the next post), so I had some time to write. I wanted to…
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 14, 2009
Deep in the Jungle of Borneo
Deep in the Jungle of Borneo
After we left Indonesia, our next destination was the rainforest of Borneo. I think that all of us (or at least some of us) at some point…
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 11, 2009
Adventures in Indonesia — Volcanoes, Bikes and Planes — Part 2
Adventures in Indonesia — Volcanoes, Bikes and Planes — Part 2
Narrated by Tolik
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 8, 2009
Adventures in Indonesia — The Ascent of the Merapi Volcano
Adventures in Indonesia — The Ascent of the Merapi Volcano
Hello again!
Boris Mordkovich
Jun 7, 2009
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