It is not often that a doctoral student gets the chance to spend weeks in a host institution, fully immersed in studying a specific aspect of that country up close. But this was exactly the opportunity that Hira Wahajat Malik, Scott Abel, and Faisal Mohammed received when Estonian Business School (EBS) joined the MOCCA project under the guidance of Senior Researcher Gaygysyz Ashyrov. From Tallinn to Lund, Tashkent, and Bishkek, these EBS students embarked on an academic journey that would shape both their research and personal perspectives.