is still killing me. Went to sleep around half past midnight. Woke up at 4:30 a.m. They say that it takes a day of adjustment for every hour of time difference. Bishkek is 13 hours different from Phoenix, so the rule of thumb is that would take… more »

A lot of our guys are going to want to work out over the summer: it's part of the Y chromosome thing. I've become grotesquely fat and want to do the same. I looked over the links we had been given for the city, tried to find the gym that was closest.… more »

Not far from our school is a small mall called the Vefa center. When I went to the washroom yesterday, I noticed an unexpected snaky thing in the WC. What is it? Yup, a hose. Wouldn't have thought of putting that in a men's bathroom. My bathroom… more »

I had dinner this evening with James, an American expat who has worked in Bishkek for 2.5 years now, and he brought along a Russian buddy, Alex. James speaks adequate-ish Russian, and Alex speaks adequate-ish English, so we bounced back and forth… more »

After KG became independent, they began to rename many of the old streets with new names. For instance, what used to be called Soviet Street (ул. Советская) was renamed Baitik Baatyr Street (ул. Байтика Баатыра) in honor of a Kyrgyz national hero. All… more »