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Kyrgyztan: Scrabble's Favorite Country
... over there? Sounds good! I'm in! It was with two Dutch and two Belgians. Anna and Weiger I had met in Tashkent and they were Dutch so of course I got along with them. Not sure what it is about Dutch people but I ALWAYS get on good with them. They have a good sense of humour and they smile a lot. If I were to stereotype!!
Anyway, the other two were from Belgium. I haven't met a lot of Belgians in my life. Actually only one other Belgian ...Bart a solo cyclist who I met ...
Het hooggebergte in
... het tijd voor het echte werk.
De voornaamste reden waarom alle toeristen naar KG komen is namelijk de prachtige natuur. KG bezit vele bergketens, groene valleien, grote meren, ... Vanuit Bishkek zijn we naar de Ala-Archa vallei getrokken, om van daaruit naar het basecamp op 3000 m te klauteren. Nitzan was voor mij een ideale trekking-partner aangezien hij niet alleen beschikte over kookgerief, maar tevens over ...
Almaty's little brother?
It was an easy matter to pick up a cab down to the bus station and then book a seat on the Marshrukta going to Bishkek. However, to preserve the peace, we willingly purchased an extra seat for our packs so that the driver didn't have to keep pulling them in and out when others departed. The trip itself was nothing to write home about unfortunately, most of the way is flat, fallow fields baking under the harsh sun. The border crossing was infinitely easier and quicker than ...
Four Stans Down
... passport and his wallet which was 60 GB pounds lighter upon return. It was a nice dinner of Lamb, mash and mushrooms then I walked back with Jim and Julia – all the while I've been worried about news that my cousin has been trying to be in touch – feels like bad news brewing. Though once back in the hotel I just can’t stay awake to fight the internet access into submission so it wasn't until the morning that I ...
A week in Bishkek and beyond
... present.
The following day would be a purposeful one, involving generous portions of blog-writing, photo-editing, and other computer-based administrative tasks. Anyone assuming that this journey was simply a two-year holiday would be sorely disappointed by this scene of *************ous work interspersed with plentiful sharp moments of stress and annoyance. A highlight of the day involved a trip to another one of Bishkek's ex-pat bars. The Obama Bar, located in a ...
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