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Entries from July 21st, 2007

The lighter side

July 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

After the trials and tribulations of the last week, I thought I would post a few random musings/observations on Kyrgyzstan for today’s discourse. Language: Someone asked me the other day what language you use here. My answer was “Whatever I feel like”. That’s a bit flippant, but there is some truth to it. Many people [...]

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Always look on the bright side of life…

July 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I’ve been thinking about the positive aspects of what’s happened, and here’s some of the things I’ve come up with: The loss of all the photos means that there won’t be a slide-show at the end. Dad was worried he was going to have to sit through a long, boring slideshow. Dropping weight – all [...]

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Dude, Where’s My Bag?

July 15th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized

“Umm, Heather, where’s my bag?” Look around under the chair, behind the computer, around the Internet cafe, where is it? I can’t see my barbag, and as I look around more, and still don’t see it, things seem to slow down, in that car-crash way. What if I left it at the restaurant? Run out [...]

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Rolling again!

July 3rd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

New day, new city, new country. After far too much resting up in Uzbekistan (10 riding days out of 29 in the country!), I am back on the road again, and am now in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. I set off from Tashkent last week, spending three days riding to Qo’qon, before getting a taxi back to [...]

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