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central-asia-2023 Enrichment Review

Instructions: Review each row. To correct coordinates, replace the Map Link with a new OSM link (https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/{lat}/{lng}) or a Google Maps URL — coordinates are extracted from the link. Edit City, Country, Temp, and Weather cells directly. Leave Map Link blank if no location is known.

Entry	Date	Title	City	Country	Map Link	Temp °C	Weather
2023-08-28-pixelfed-1.entry	2023-08-28	Welcome to My Central Asian Picture Diary	Berlin	Germany	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.5200/13.4050	24	sunny
2023-08-29-pixelfed-2.entry	2023-08-29	Last Beer Before the Foreign Land	Berlin	Germany	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.5200/13.4050	24	sunny
2023-08-30-pixelfed-3.entry	2023-08-30	The UAZ Buchanka Counter Begins	Astana	Kazakhstan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/51.1801/71.4460	26	sunny
2023-08-31-pixelfed-4.entry	2023-08-31	Baiterek: Bird of Happiness in Astana	Astana	Kazakhstan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/51.1801/71.4460	26	sunny
2023-09-02-pixelfed-5.entry	2023-09-02	Doshirak and Politics on the Night Train	Almaty	Kazakhstan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/43.2220/76.8512	21	sunny
2023-09-03-pixelfed-6.entry	2023-09-03	Plov and Street Art in Almaty	Almaty	Kazakhstan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/43.2220/76.8512	21	sunny
2023-09-04-pixelfed-7.entry	2023-09-04	Rain in Charyn Canyon, Manti for Dinner	Charyn Canyon	Kazakhstan	?	21	sunny
2023-09-05-pixelfed-8.entry	2023-09-05	Kurt, Kumis and a UAZ Dream Ride	Kaindy / Kolsai	Kazakhstan	?	21	sunny
2023-09-07-pixelfed-9.entry	2023-09-07	First Hike Up Toward Ala Kol	Karakol	Kyrgyzstan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/42.4900/78.3936	16	partly cloudy
2023-09-10-pixelfed-10.entry	2023-09-10	Tea Trails and No Seatbelts in Kyrgyzstan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	?	16	partly cloudy
2023-09-18-pixelfed-11.entry	2023-09-18	Stuck in No Man's Land at 4655m	Akbaital Pass	Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan	?	16	partly cloudy
2023-09-19-pixelfed-12.entry	2023-09-19	Black Water Lake on the Pamir Highway	Karakul	Tajikistan	?	28	sunny
2023-09-19-pixelfed-13.entry	2023-09-19	Warm Soup in a Village of Hundreds	Alichur	Tajikistan	?	28	sunny
2023-09-20-pixelfed-14.entry	2023-09-20	Farewell Vodka Under the World's Tallest Flag	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/38.5598/68.7870	28	sunny
2023-09-23-pixelfed-15.entry	2023-09-23	Millionaires and Minarets in Bukhara	Bukhara	Uzbekistan	?	25	sunny
2023-09-23-pixelfed-16.entry	2023-09-23	The Night the Beer Finally Arrived	Alichur	Tajikistan	?	28	sunny
2023-09-23-pixelfed-17.entry	2023-09-23	Afghanistan Just Across the Wakhan River	Zong	Tajikistan	?	28	sunny
2023-10-01-pixelfed-18.entry	2023-10-01	Hot Springs and a Pamiri Homestay	Ishkashim / Bibi Fatima	Tajikistan	?	18	sunny
2023-10-01-pixelfed-19.entry	2023-10-01	What Is Normal? Reflections from Khorog	Khorog	Tajikistan	?	18	sunny
2023-10-03-pixelfed-20.entry	2023-10-03	Timur's Samarkand and a Badly Parked Truck	Samarkand	Uzbekistan	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/39.6542/66.9597	16	partly cloudy
2023-10-03-pixelfed-21.entry	2023-10-03	Four Weeks in Central Asia, Barely Enough	Tbilisi	Georgia	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/41.6938/44.8015	14	partly cloudy
2023-10-18-pixelfed-22.entry	2023-10-18	Hunting the Mother of Georgia from Above	Tbilisi	Georgia	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/41.6938/44.8015	14	partly cloudy

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Notes for reviewer:

• Entry 3 (Aug 30, UAZ Buchanka): City inferred as Astana — the trip narrative shows flight to Kazakhstan on Aug 29, and entry 4 is explicitly Astana on Aug 31. Frontmatter has blank city/country; confirm this is correct.
• Entry 7 (Sep 4, Charyn Canyon): Day tour from Almaty. Charyn Canyon coordinates not in reference table — Map Link left as ?. Correct city if this was based in Almaty rather than the canyon itself.
• Entry 8 (Sep 5, Kaindy/Kolsai lakes): Day tour from Almaty area. Coordinates not in reference table — Map Link left as ?.
• Entry 10 (Sep 10, Tea Trails): Body mentions Karakol → Bishkek → Osh (OSU airport code). Entry ends in Osh; Osh not in reference table — Map Link left as ?. Weather estimated using Karakol September values as nearest reference.
• Entry 11 (Sep 18, No Man's Land): Crossing from Osh (KG) to Karakul (TJ) via Akbaital Pass (4655m). Location ambiguous — border crossing, no single city. Map Link left as ?. Dates in content say "10-09" (September 10), but file date is 2023-09-18 (post was written later as a recap).
• Entry 12 (Sep 19, Black Water Lake): Karakul, Tajikistan (on Pamir Highway). Not in reference table. Weather estimated using Dushanbe September values.
• Entry 13 (Sep 19, Warm Soup): Alichur village, Tajikistan. Content date says "11-09". Not in reference table. Weather estimated using Dushanbe September values.
• Entry 15 (Sep 23, Bukhara): Bukhara mentioned explicitly in body. Not in reference table — Map Link left as ?. Weather estimated using Samarkand September values (nearest Uzbek city in table).
• Entry 16 (Sep 23, Beer Finally Arrived): Alichur, Tajikistan. Content date says "PMU13-9". Chronology note: this entry was posted on Sep 23 but describes events from Sep 13. Weather estimated using Dushanbe September values.
• Entry 17 (Sep 23, Afghanistan): Zong village, Wakhan valley, Tajikistan. Content date says "PMU14-9". Not in reference table. Weather estimated using Dushanbe September values.
• Entry 18 (Oct 1, Hot Springs): Bibi Fatima hot springs in Ishkashim area, Wakhan corridor, Tajikistan. Content date says "PMU15-9". Not in reference table. Weather estimated using Dushanbe October values.
• Entry 19 (Oct 1, Khorog): Khorog, Tajikistan explicitly mentioned. Not in reference table. Weather estimated using Dushanbe October values.