Exploring Bishkek and bye to the group

It’s the final day of our Intrepid group tour and we spent the morning together exploring Bishkek. It’s a very young Russian/Soviet designed city with the majority of buildings built in the 1900s. We saw the Philharmonia of Bishkek building built in the 1960s alongside the statue of Manas, a Kyrgyz epic character.

From there we walked to Ala-Too Square, the
National Opera and Ballet Theatre, the yurt-shaped Victory Memorial and ending at
Osh Bazaar. Brad and I chose to stay at the bazaar, get Brad a hair and beard trim and wander around before walking back to the hotel and checking out the nearby mall.

The group met for a farewell dinner and reminisced about the three weeks we’ve been together. Many of the group fly off tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon. Brad and me and three others are here until the 16th.

There are a few in the group that we hope to see again. Our parting words to them were not good bye but see you soon.Read more