{"product_id":"taxi-to-tashkent-two-years-with-the-peace-corps-in-uzbekistan","title":"Taxi to Tashkent: Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan","description":"This is a police state\nThis is a democracy\nThis is rot-gut vodka\nThis is $2 prostitutes\nThis is Peace Corps\nThis is good intentions\nThis is Ramadan\nThis is loyalty\nThis is power outages\nThis is corruption\nThis is the Silk Route\nThis is the former USSR\nThis is Uzbekistan Tom Fleming went to Uzbekistan as a forty year old Peace Corps volunteer. He was a fish out of water, an infidel in a Muslim land, teaching AIDS prevention and sex education in the most conservative region of Central Asia. With humor and poignancy Taxi to Tashkent portrays a land little known in the West. Instead of a nation rife with Islamic extremists as portrayed in the Western media, Fleming discovers a land of Korean discos, where blue eyed Muslims listen to Shania Twain, and where shop owners break into applause at the mention of America. Fleming travels throughout Uzbekistan, from the ecological disaster site of the Aral Sea, to the ancient Silk Route cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. Taxi to Tashkent describes a little-known corner of the world where nothing appears as it seems.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0595429971\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0595429971.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fleming, Tom\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47359350964401,"sku":"RDV.0595429971.VG","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0595429971-0.jpg?v=1780424501","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/taxi-to-tashkent-two-years-with-the-peace-corps-in-uzbekistan","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}