Back from Uzbekistan

So, Two weeks ago I went to Uzbekistan ... and came back. It was a quick five day trip.
And what has been delaying me from posting pictures and crazy stories of car rides, bribes, sleazy Uzbek officials, and horrible hotel rooms? - MY INTERNET CONNECTION HERE IN DUSHANBE IS HORRIBLE! Anyway, overall, we had a wonderful time in Uzbekistan. I mostly traveled with Karim - but met up with Zohra and Daniel and some other Americans in Samarkand.
What I hope to do soon is get the photos off my home computer so that I can post them...in the end, I may wind up getting high speed internet at home (something I was trying to avoid...although for no apparent reason whatsoever). Oh, and the other distraction from posting has been the infestation in my apartment of various gross insects. (fortunately not roaches, but it seems to be fleas and various kinds of beetles).

Anyway, Friday was really bizarre - I saw these two boys and a girl playing outside my apartment building. They were probably 7 years old. The game, however, was not amusing at all. The two boys stood some distance apart. Next to each was a pile of rocks...quite large rocks in fact. The aim was to see if either kid could manage to hit the other with one of the rocks. In the middle of these two boys was a girl, who seemed to be a kind of referee. She would move just as one of the boys would launch the rock at the other. I stared angrily at the three of them and got a nasty look from one of the boys for interrupting their summertime game!