Like nomads, but with more stuff

The car is here, cleared customs, registered, insured and ready to drive. We only noticed after we got it home that the windshield wipers h...

There's a gourmet food store in town that people talk about because they sometimes get in bacon. When Terry went to check it out last w...

Astana is a consumables, Pouch-only post. There are few non-dairy milks to be found around town and the only ones I have heard of so far ar...

We love us some farmers markets, rinok, produce stands, whatever you want to call them. Although we had a major packout fail this time an...

With care and attention, Alex has been healthy and medicine-free for about six months. And then we moved to another country. We thought...

One thing that has become a tradition for our family with each UAB shipment is the follow on cardboard forts.  We pack a couple of box cu...

Glory glory be. 23 days after arriving at post our air freight has arrived. 

Now that our air freight is here (glory, glory, blessed be - finally!) I will try to explain what it is like to live off the "welcome ...

I worked a long, long day on Tuesday. Kids were already in bed when I got home.  But, there was a delicious plate of plov waiting for me,...

I am a little slow in getting some the photos of our first days in Astana.  Finally I have the first batch edited and up online.  The ph...