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We bought ourselves our first souvenir of the trip in Turkmenistan. Then comes the challenge of mailing it.The Tashkent post office offers creative packaging - put it in a cloth sack, sew it and seal it with hot wax. Addressing the cloth sack was a challenge also. We're looking forward to seeing if our package makes it safely to the U.S. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
This woman at the post office was curious as to why we'd take photos of our package.Audrey explained to her that the packaging was interesting for us, because in America we don't wrap our items in a bag, sew it up, secure it with string and hot wax, and then put official stamps all over it. She found this cultural exchange amusing, picked up her beautiful package and posed for the camera. Read more about our visit to Uzbekistan and tourism in Uzbekistan.
Dan was shaken down by two plain-clothed security officers while taking this photo at the post office in Almaty. Who knew that taking a photo of a drawing from a 5th grader was considered high security? The men told Dan that in Kazakhstan we don't take photos. What a welcome...Read more about our experiences in Almaty and the Tian Shan Mountains.
