Naryn

Trip Start Jul 30, 2008
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Well, sorry for the delay in this specific post (err, if you count a month as a delay). The lack of photos for Kyrgzstan is also my fault as I somehow lost all those I took in Bishkek and beyond. Russell has some and should be posting soon. Anyway, our last stop in Kyrgzstan was the small border town of Nayrn. It was similar to Bishkek, but at a much smaller scale and completely without Russians (at least that we saw). It also lacked an ATM which proved to be one of our more harrowing trip moments. We needed to pay for our transport across the Kyrgz border and for our taxi into China, but do to some severe oversight by all of us, we arrived in Nayrn lacking sufficient cash. We could barely even pay for our guesthouse. So, after we spent a day searching for an ATM (we found none) and looking into Western Union (worst feeling ever), we stumbled upon a bank that while lacking an ATM offered to give us cash in exchange for cleaning dishes. Actually, they took our cards and gave us cash. So, basically it was a patch-work ATM. We were saved. We decided to celebrate our small victory by watching the movie The Game out our guesthouse (starring the underrated Michael Douglas and overrated Sean Penn) followed by a night with some nice Peace Corp girls we met. All and all, for a small border town, Naryn proved to be an eventful place.
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