We have a new blogger in the Tajik blogosphere. I think it is worth to mention in our blog. We don’t have a lot of information about John Mussara but what we know is that he works in the field of law, now lives in Dushanbe and does not like raining days. His blog is called Tajiksitan Journal. He has some interesting stories about this country.

Thanks to his blog we know the latest prices in Dushabe:

Unsurprisingly, things are relatively cheap here, and on any given day the major (?) supermarket here, Orima, does have a decent variety of goodies available.

Traffic and weather:

Molecules of gas move in what is called Brownian motion. The movement of any given molecule is random; there is no way to predict where it will go. Nevertheless, the movement of a given quantity of gas is entirely predictable, always flowing from higher pressure to lower. This is the traffic pattern of Dushanbe.

The statue of Lenin:

At his feet (does he see huddled masses seeking his teaching, or Lilliputians with ropes and pins?) the people run walk sit chat play laugh consider the future, children play at soccer hopscotch tag-you’re-it and games long forgotten by ours…

And his first experience in Tajikistan:

When we landed, however, we wound up standing on the runway in the rain (this is the rainy season, of course) without any idea where to go, as all the buildings were dark. Eventually someone signaled us to follow her to a building where the lights were just being turned on, and where we had to show passports, go through metal detectors (why? we’re LEAVING the airport!) and fill out immigration forms.

Hope to read more of his interesting posts soon.