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The Kazakhstan Dentist
Right now I am in Kyrgyzstan, where I will be for the next 10 or so days, but I know that everybody is dying to know how the dentist went, so I will tell you.
In Almaty, I headed to the dentist recommended in the Lonely Planet. I was seen immediately, and the dentist looked in my mouth for a good 25, 30 seconds before telling me to go to hospital. I nervously asked why and the translator said, in her somewhat limited ...
The Stan's End
... gasp at the size of China & how far we'd still to go. Heading back to our hostel I got such a surprise to see Min sitting outside the front door. She'd headed further into the Ala-Archa Mountains south of Bishkek on a six day camping excursion and made it back just in time to have a kebab with me before we had to leave to the airport. Saying goodbye to the kind young lads at the Bishkek Hostel, we head out to the airport & catch our flight north back up to Russia, to Novosibirsk. ...
Relaxing at the embassy.
... We were sitting having breakfast at a café called Fatboy’s. As I was finishing off my full English breakfast, I was perusing the Lonely Flannel map or Bishkek, just looking at all the embassies, when I came to the UK embassy, instead of a number and map reference, it just said "see 79". So I looked at entry 79, and it said Fatboy’s. Apparently I was eating breakfast at the UK embassy! As it turns out, the owner of Fatboy’s had been asked to be ...
Song-Kol to Bishkek
It was time to leave just as the weather turned beautifully warm and sunny as predicted by the wether forecast. I left Bales' trusty long, white polyprop leggings that saved my life! Even under three blankets weighing a kilo each did it take me forever to fall asleep. Now that's all forgotten and only the generosity of our host, especially Zamira, the mother, and her lovely daughter, Tolcun, remains. I did have a lovely time with ...
Pealinn üllatab veel
Hotellisööklas ei anta endiselt kohvi ja moosi on liiga vähe, et mannaputru sellesse uputada.
Pärast kohvijoomist Fatboy's on ette vaja võtta poodlemine. Ilmneb, et on veel mõned raamatupoed ja ühest saan lõpuks Aitmatovi Päev pikk kui sada aastat. Antiigipoodi jääb ka meist maha hulgaliselt somme. Ja kõhuli poepõrandal roomates selgitame välja, et kirgiisid siiski toodavad šokolaadi. Varasema järgi jäi mulje, et kogu magus veetakse sisse kas Venemaalt ...


