Tag: Ashgabat
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The Journey Part II: Our Journey to Turkmenistan
Istanbul Layover- The Realization We landed in Istanbul around 9 a.m., running on maybe two hours of sleep in the past 48. We stepped off the plane and into a world that no longer felt familiar. Languages swirled around us from every direction, none of them recognizable. Women wore styles of dress we had never…
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Professional Development Travel Abroad Through a Teacher’s Eyes
Imagine boarding a plane with 80 of your closest coworkers, a sinus infection, and zero sleep—welcome to my Tbilisi adventure Leaving Ashgabat As we left fall behind, I braced myself for winter and holidays abroad—knowing they would look nothing like the ones I’d always known. Before I could fully settle into that reality, I was…