July 20th, 2019
We went to Norek today, which was about
90 minutes outside of the city past Romit going south. It was a lake with a
resort, like we went to at Varzob and Romit. There were two pools and some
sports fields. Some students played soccer with two guys whose parents worked
at the German embassy. I read my book (I finished Cities of the Plain, and now I feel silly about what I said at the
end of All The Pretty Horses and John
Grady not dying). We mostly swam in the pool, but most of us did jump in the
lake. The water was freezing. The lake was very larger and surrounded by these
high mountains.
The
drive there was probably the most beautiful scenery we have seen in Tajikistan.
We drove through a long tunnel filled with cars passing wildly and on a road
that halfway up a mountain ridgeline, with the scrub and cows (and few a few
goats) wandering above us and this huge valley spread below with rolling fields
reaching up towards another row of mountains in the distance. I will post
pictures as soon as I return. Passing through rural life was very cool as well.
We passed a guy riding a donkey on the side of the highway. It was very Tajik. In
the village/town of Norek cows wandered the streets as well.
Played
more Injustice with my host sister. Does anyone know if video game names are italicized?
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