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Lara Gelya
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No DM! I'm the Author of the award-winning memoir "Camel from Kyzylkum" Visit my website laragelya.com Amazon: https://amazon.com/dp/B09Y7GTZQS/ Follow me! Love nature, travel, photography, books. YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lgelya 💙📚
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Nov 20
In a world that constantly redefines borders, ideologies, and identities, "Camel from Kyzylkum: A Memoir of My Life Journey" emerges as a truly powerful narrative that breaks through cultural divides and speaks to the core of human experience.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 1h
Bryce Canyon National Park is a stunning national park in southwestern Utah, famous for its unique geology and incredible concentration of multi-colored rock spires called hoodoos.

August of 2021.

#brycecanyonnationalpark #travelutah #naturelovers #travel #lgelya #laragelya #followerseveryone
Bryce Canyon
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 5d
Calgary, Canada - the view from Calgary Tower, August, 2025.

Calgary is a major city in the province of Alberta, Canada, where the Prairies Meet the Peaks.

#calgary #calgaryalberta #TravelCanada2025 #travel #travelphotography #lgelya #laragelya #iphonephotography #followers
Calgary, Canada - the view from Calgary Tower, August, 2025.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 5d
NO KING rally in SW Florida - Oct. 18, 2025.

I’m so proud of all my neighbors who showed up today, October 18, 2025, for the NO KING rally!

#NoKing #SWFlorida #resist #lgelya #laragelya

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NO KING rally in SW Florida - Oct. 18, 2025.
We live in a small city in Southwest Florida surrounded by many retirement communities.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 7d
Whom to avoid at protest.

#ResistMaga #resist
Whom to avoid at protest.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 8d
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Donald Trump is preparing to turn this country into a military dictatorship and most people seem not to notice or not to care. Listen and share!

youtu.be/sPPsKuUFK94?...

#TheRomanoReport #resistMAGA #resist #lgelya #laragelya
am I going INSANE?? - it's HAPPENING!!
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 9d
This is the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan — the place that shaped me during 20 years of my life there.

#KyzylkumDesert #Uzbekistan #CamelfromKyzylkum #lgelya #laragelya #refugeestory #traveltheworld
KyzylKum Desert - Zarafshan, Muruntau ( Зарафшан, Мурунтау) - Uzbekistan, #Zarafshan, #Kyzylkum
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 11d
Ketchikan, Alaska, 2018.

Ketchikan is known as “The Salmon Capital of the World.”

#travel #Alaska #lgelya #laragelya #iphonephotography
Ketchikan, Alaska
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 13d
Wise words...

#lgelya #laragelya
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 15d
Manuel Antonio National Park of Costa Rica

Manuel Antonio National Park, on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast, encompasses rugged rainforest, white-sand beaches and coral reefs. Traveled there in 2019.

#costaricatravel #lgelya #laragelya #ManualAntonioNationalPark #travel
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 17d
The school girl from Jingzhou in China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River.

#travelChina #YangtzeRiver #traveltheworld #lgelya #laragelya
The school girl from Jingzhou in China
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 20d
Camel from Kyzylkum.

It is not just a memoir. It’s a cinematic, soul-baring, continent-crossing emotional rollercoaster.

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Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B09Y7GTZQS/

Barnes & Noble: rb.gy/lz7rzg

#camelfromkyzylkum #laragelya #refugeenarrative #lgelya #followers
Camel from Kyzylkum
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 22d
The Great Wall of China was continuously built from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD on the northern border of the country as the great military defense project of successive Chinese Empires, with a total length of more than 20,000 kilometers.

#GreatWallChina #lgelya #laragelya #travel
The Great Wall of China
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 24d
The History repeats itself...

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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 24d
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Trump Tyranny Tracker Day 252 Recap
A recording from Olga Lautman's live video
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · 26d
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the first large canyon on the Yellowstone River downstream from Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

#yellowstonenationalpark #Wyoming #grandcanyonoftheyellowstone #travel #lgelya #laragelya
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 24
Tiananmen Square is a vast public square in the center of Beijing, China, and one of the most iconic—and politically significant—places in the country. There was a “smoky” or hazy feel outside due to the poor quality of air.

#travelChina #Beijing #TiananmenSquare #lgelya #laragelya
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 21
Shanghai, China.

We traveled to China in 2012.

Shanghai is China’s largest city and a fascinating blend of old and new. It’s a global financial hub with one of the busiest ports in the world.

#Shanghai #China #travel #laragelya #lgelya #cityscape
Shanghai, China. We traveled to China in 2012.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 20
Resist!
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 19
Camel from Kyzylkum is not just a memoir.
It’s a cinematic, soul-baring, continent-crossing emotional rollercoaster.
Ukraine. Uzbekistan. Austria. Italy. America.

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Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B09Y7GTZQS/

B&N: rb.gy/lz7rzg

#camelfromkyzylkum #laragelya #lgelya #SovietUnionHistory
Camel from Kyzylkum
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 17
In short, the British public welcomed DJT to London this am with THIS gigantic banner right outside Windsor Castle where he is staying with the King this week. Paid for by 1770 people.

#resist #resistMAGA
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 14
Fusterlandia: Havana’s (Cuba) Open-Air Wonderland.

Fusterlandia — A quirky, colorful neighborhood designed by a Cuban artist José Fuster, often called Cuba’s Gaudí. José Fuster reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

#fusterlandia #Cuba #travelcuba #lgelya #laragelya
Fusterlandia: Havana’s (Cuba) Open-Air Wonderland.
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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 8
“The Oversight Committee has secured the infamous ‘Birthday Book’ that contains a note from President Trump that he has said does not exist,” said Rep. Robert Garcia in a statement.

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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 8
Yes...WELCOME to the "Free State" of Florida where Books, Fluoride and now YOUR WELL-BEING is banned!

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Lara Gelya @laragelya.bsky.social · Sep 6
Lake Louise in the Banff National Park of Canada. August 2025.

The lake’s brilliant blue-green color comes from fine glacial rock flour, giving it a glow that feels almost magical.

#lakelouise #banffnationalpark #fairmontchateaulakelouise #victoriaglacier #travel #nature #lgelya #laragelya
Lake Louise in the Banff National Park of Canada. August 2025.
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