December 2011

  • New blog: KevinMillerJr.com

    Sorry I have been quiet this week. I am fighting acute bronchitis resulting from my nonstop colds that I have been getting since last May. I spend a lot of time home…

  • The Heavenly Tien Shan Mountains - At Bashy, Kyrgyzstan

    About a one ride ride from Naryn is At Bashy, Kyrgyzstan. At Bashy, horse's head in the Kyrgyz language, is one of the most beautiful places in the world with the Tien…

  • Naryn Mosque and tour guides

    During my trip to Naryn with ACCELS, I had an opportunity to visit the local mosque. Three of the Kyrgyz boys below gave me a tour of the mosque including going up the…

  • Naryn River

    One of the most beautiful rivers in the world. The Naryn River runs through Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, and is one of the main headwaters that would become the mighty Syr Darya…

  • Riskul

    This picture was one that surprised me when I saw it in the US. It nearly brought tears to my eyes. If you look at the photo below, look at the girl to the farthest…

  • Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation

    I had a memorable summer volunteering with the Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation (TEGV) in the summer of 2002. I volunteered as an English teacher. I had a nice…

  • Cessna 152

    My faithful Cessna 152. Just a two-seater, not a whole lot of horsepower. Still fun to fly. I took this plane from Seattle, Washington, to Hillsboro, Oregon. It was my…

  • Forward Slip

    Since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot. As a kid, I wanted to be a Japan Airlines pilot. In college I instead wanted to be a Marine Corps pilot. I got close when I…

  • A fighter pilot

    As a kid, I had always wanted to be a fighter pilot. the closest I ever got was when I was a Flight Equipment Marine with the US Marine Corps Reserves. The picture below…

  • That's Megan

    That's Megan with her tongue sticking out. She always had fun with me. She was the only student I ever had who successfully tied my shoes to a table without me knowing…

  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

    Many may be surprised but Japan does not have an official standing military. After World War II, they gave up this right in their constitution. If this was true what was…

  • 100 Yen Store

    It was the summer of 2002, I had traveled to Sasebo, Japan, with my Japanese mother. It was my first trip there since 1990 so it had been 12 long years since I have been…

  • Swordsman in Istanbul

    One of my most memorables times during graduate school. I spent the 2001 summer interning with TEGV in Istanbul, Turkey. During this time Turkey was in turmoil, the US…

  • Little Japanese Boy

    Yep, that's me on the left. Many people are surprised when they find out I am half-Japanese. That is my full-blooded Japanese mother to the right of my half-blooded…