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Abu Dhabi-<\/strong> To get from Tajikistan to Abu Dhabi was a bit of an arduous trip via Kabul and Dubai and no sleep. Here are a few random shots from the Blackberry from 24 hours in my often bizarre life.<\/p>\n

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Samira, the sassiest beer wench in Dushanbe. Bar Karaoke, Hotel Dushanbe. Sim Sim (Tajikistan's national beer) pivo in the foreground, just 2 somoni (less than 50 US cents).<\/p><\/div>\n

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The man, the legend. Rudaki and arch. Rudaki was a lauded Persian poet for whom Dushanbe's main thoroughfare was renamed (from Lenin) after Tajik independence.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nothing to see here, move along. The Dushanbe airport, where the metal detectors are not on and no one is looking at the x-rayed baggage. And that's after the French taxpayers put money in to refurbish the place... (so the French airforce can use the tarmac en route to Afghanistan).<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Kabul airport, where every kind of sketchy aircraft comes and goes all day long. Probably the most interesting airport in the world for a layover. Here I get stirred by a buzzing Mi-8. Six American soldiers died this day. <\/p><\/div>\n

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De rigueur decor, Kabul airport. Those are big binoculars!<\/p><\/div>\n

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View of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building (for now) from the Dubai-Abu Dhabi Emirates bus. It’s getting hot in here.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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The comfort of Abu Dhabi. Good times at the Meena villa, if only I could figure out how to work the entertainment system.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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