Bishkek

March 30, 2015 in Kyrgyzstan ⋅ 🌫 -9 °C

Miriam - schnee! And lots of it.
It has been below freezing for two days here in Bishkek, plummeting to a painful -13 yesterday morning.
The post office is very old fashioned. A giant map of the world adorns the main wall and it even had a sewing machine behind the wooden counter. Parcels are wrapped in brown paper and then tied with string. The address is then written on by hand.
Iranian visa collected this afternoon. Only took three months to arrange...Read more