When I spent a year in Uzbekistan, I had a chance to go to the DMZ (demilitarized zone) separating Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. Some friends went. I didn’t. Tajikistan was also unstable then. A year earlier, I did go to Kazakhstan, but it never occurred to me that I could easily visit Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. And I really didn't understand how close Iran was - not that I would have gone. This was in the early days of emailing, which I was doing from a laptop using dial-up. Forget websites. That was barely getting going. During the winter break in '94, I flew direct to India. Great time there. Had considered a few days layover in Pakistan, but opted not to attempt it. I was just in my early twenties.
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