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July 30, 2022 - While cat sitting earlier this month, I accidentally left a notebook at my friend’s apartment. Unfortunately, she left for the US before I could get it, so she gave it to her landlord. I had to go to his house to pick it up. I took this picture in his neighborhood
July 29, 2022 - another picture of the reception area in the office where I have Russian lessons. Which flags can you identify? 🙂 (I know some of them are just plain hard to see in this picture)
July 28, 2022 - a couple of cars on the left side of the picture had a fender bender or something and were in the way of traffic. It was kind of scary to see how other vehicles navigated around them, especially big buses
July 25, 2022 - walking down the street from my apartment to the bus stop
(you can see the Russian Orthodox church I’ve posted a picture of before on the top left)
July 24, 2022 - Simit, which is like a Turkish bagel. They are relatively easy to find and some people even sell them on the street. Granted I’m not sure how authentic the ones here are, as I know very little about Turkish cuisine!
July 23, 2022 - I’m not a consumer of mohito (мохито) scented or flavored products (or actual mohitos), so I can’t comment on how widespread they are worldwide, but it seems like they are quite popular in Bishkek. That said, here’s a picture of a mohito scented bath bomb
July 22, 2022 - I’ve been seeing more and more bike racks like this pop up around the city. Looks like they are connected to an app. I’d at least try it out if I were able to ride a bike. Hopefully they don’t become a nuisance
July 21, 2022 - one of my students has a son who studies in Moscow. He came home, brought this chocolate back, and then my student decided to give it to me. I’m not sure this kind of chocolate can be bought in Bishkek, or at least the brand doesn’t look familiar to me
July 20, 2022 - reception area inside the office of the business where I take Russian lessons (with my plastic bag of fruit on the cushion)
July 19, 2022 - marshrutka stopped for gas. Gas was 67.5 som/liter. 3.786 (rounded) liters in 1 gallon = $3.20/gallon. He got about 5.43 gallons of gas (which doesn’t seem like a lot) so paid about $17.41. Feel free to check my math
July 18, 2022 - small restaurant at Shamshy Gorge after hiking yesterday. We ate shorpo which was quite good. I asked my friends what the things on the table to cover the food were called and they didn’t know. (“tent? зонт/umbrella?”)
July 17, 2022 - hiking again. this time at Shamshy Gorge (Ущелье Шамшы)
July 16, 2022 - travel agency advertisement outside of a supermarket
(according to the sign: agency is located on the second floor of the building in office/suite 8. Services: airline tickets, tourism, visas, translation services)
July 13, 2022 - I’m a sucker for anything strawberry flavored and the space cow was also enticing (it was a carbonated strawberry + milk drink)
July 12, 2022 - Catalpa or similar tree? There are many of them in the park close to where I take Russian lessons
July 11, 2022 - stray white kitty sleeping on some cardboard boxes
(also I see 312 phone numbers on the sign…I learned recently during a Kyrgyz lesson that Kyrgyz phone numbers with a 312 area code are based in Bishkek)
July 10, 2022 - Does the hospital bed sign just designate hospitals in the vicinity? Wouldn’t a sign with a red cross be enough to convey that info? Why the bed? Is it telling drivers to not be loud because patients are sleeping? I don’t think I’ve seen a sign like this in TX..
July 9, 2022 - I grew up with Pokemon, so I was really tempted to buy this discounted berry-flavored toothpaste targeted at children but I didn’t want to feel like a sucker to the advertising
July 7, 2022 - premade mampar soup which I bought at the store. I can’t seem to find a lot of information on it in English, but most of the hits on the first page of Google refer to it as a Uyghur dish
