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1. Departure to Kyrgyzstan from Niigata, Japan, and via Irkutsk to Almaty in Kazakhstan (the only way to go in 1993). |
2. After an Odyssey of Aeroflot delays, arrival at Almaty Airport, flooded after an unseasonal downpour. |
3. Our first taste of Kyrgyz hospitality: tea in a Toyota van replete with a tape recorder playing all too familiar Japanese Enka. |
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4. The kind of leisurely museum one dreams of but hardly finds - felt carpets and wall hangings in Bishkek's History Museum. |
5. In a private snake collection. The snakes lived on rats caught by a black tomcat. The proudest cat I ever saw. He worked for a living. |
6. A wedding couple in one of Bishkek's many parks. |
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7. Lunch with our Kyrghyz host in a chaikhana in Bishkek. |
8. The fare: Mutton soup, bread, salad, kumys and Heineken. |
9. The new pension system |
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