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May 10, 2023 - Boerne, Texas

May 9, 2023 - attic

May 8, 2023 - just another morning at the doctor. Hopefully this should be my last appointment for a while!

May 7, 2023 - I want to take some Girl Scout cookies back to Kyrgyzstan 🤣

May 6, 2023 - I forgot how much I missed barbacoa

May 5, 2023 - near El Campo, Texas

May 4, 2023 - crawfish. this was after we had eaten most of them

May 3, 2023 - near El Campo, Texas

May 2, 2023 - the highlight of flying from Bishkek to Istanbul is seeing the Caucasus Mountains

May 1, 2023 - well, was supposed to leave Bishkek today for America, but the flight to IST was delayed long enough so that I wouldn’t make my connecting flight to Texas. So I decided to stay in Bishkek for one more day 🙂 (I’ll be back in Bishkek in June, though…more on that in a future post)

April 30, 2023 - green

April 29, 2023 - at Dordoi Bazaar

April 28, 2023 - fresh water dispenser in Bishkek

April 27, 2023 - on the way back to Bishkek

April 26, 2023 - today went on a nice walk past this village, Acha-Kaiyngdy, towards the mountains

April 25, 2023 - shop on the way to Tash Rabat from At-Bashi

April 24, 2023 - Tash Rabat

April 23, 2023 - At-Bashi River

April 22, 2023 - eating square noodles, beef, potatoes, and drinking beef bone broth while waiting for beshbarmak to be prepared (in the largest bowl in the back of the photo)

April 21, 2023 - mountain view from At-Bashy, Kyrgyzstan

April 20, 2023 - on the way to southern Kyrgyzstan

April 19, 2023 - in honor of my final Russian lesson, my Russian teacher (who is Kyrgyz) gifted me a souvenir yurt matryoshka. I would love to continue Russian lessons, but I’m visiting America before starting a new job (which I will share more about in a future post)

April 18, 2023 - Imam Sarahsi Central Mosque, Bishkek

April 17, 2023 - пончики (donuts) from Daamduu, a fast food chain in Bishkek (and the name даамдуу means ‘delicious’ in Kyrgyz)

April 16, 2023 - statue of Mikhail Frunze in the rain