Tonight I had a get-together at a coffee shop in a part of town I had not been to yet, so I called a cab to get there. I gave the driver the address, but he wanted to know the intersection, not the address, but I hadn't written the cross-street down,… more »

Each summer when I have been in Kazan, my apartment has been without hot water for a period of time. I wondered whether it would be the same here in Bishkek. When I arrived, I was told that the summer maintenance of the water system had already been… more »

The last of our students have arrived at Manas Airport without major incident and are now being escorted to their host families. Poor things. Their flight arrived at 2:40 a.m. They get just a brief time with their host families, and then we will put… more »

Over the weekend a few students arrived in town, and this morning the major group arrived. Student travel here was without major incident: although one student had to do some last minute flight juggling in Dallas, and another had her luggage waylaid.… more »

For the first time in two weeks I got a full night's sleep last night. Damn, but it makes me feel better. I think this is day #12 since I started traveling, which pretty well corresponds to the theory that for every hour of time difference (here 13… more »