1. Azerbaijan Class coloring

    Students coloring their family tree in class

  2. Azerbaijan Grandma and great grandbaby

    My lovely neighbors, four generations down

  3. Azerbaijan Hat maker

    The bazaar, popular local old man (and Volunteer!) winter hats

  4. Azerbaijan Flowers for sale!

    The bazaar, trying to lure suspecting guests to buy

  5. Azerbaijan Fruits and nuts!

    The bazaar, one of my last visits

  6. Azerbaijan Fish for sale

    The big bazaar, 3 hours north of my village

  7. Azerbaijan International Women's Day

    Flowers for teachers

  8. Azerbaijan Novruz at school, celebration of spring

    My students endulging in the few times they can play around in school

  9. Morocco Learning how to weave carpets

    While in Morocco I learned how to make two types of carpets.  This is a pile/knotted carpet, almost always woven in red, sometimes with black designs.  The looms were set up in women's homes so they could work whenever they had a chance.  The women sold the carpets in the local market, or kept them for their own use. This type of carpet would take several weeks to complete.

  10. Kazakhstan Bug!

    After helping some of the local kids shovel some manure, we got to hang out and shoot the breeze. Here, one of the kids shows off one of the bugs that he found during his shoveling.

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“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.