Monday, October 26, 2009

There's a Moustache on my face, what do I do?

Initially I started growing facial hair to blend in while travelling in Pakistan, but it has gotten dangerously out of hand. After about 3 weeks, the beard and sideburn stubble was boyish and unkempt and it had to be removed. This left my face with a moustache that, various people have told me, makes me look like certain other peoples:

  • The old man from Chitral (Pakistan) that used to come to our house and fix broken cups. -Wazir, Shonas Village, Pakistan



  • Qazi Sab, the village elder from Kalasha (Pakistan). -Ayub Khan, Pakistan



  • A Pathan from the Swat Valley. -Islamist Student, Hyderabad Train Station, Pakistan



  • While wearing a hat, one of "The Village People" -Matt Reichel, while travelling in Kashgar


  • A Russian left behind in Kazakhstan after the fall of the U.S.S.R. -Бакыт (Bakyt), Yurt camp owner in Манжылы-Ата (Manzhyly-Ata), Kyrgyzstan


  • Super Mario -Anton, ethnic-Kazakh Russian we met in Manzhyly-Ata, Kyrgyzstan



  • Сыдыков Абдыкерим (Abdykerim Sydykov), statesman of Kyrgyzstan, President Semirechensk Regional Executive Committee (1922) -Bust of Abdykerim Sydykov in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan



  • Tom Selleck -Kim Gemme




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