Hoops (Part 2)
If you recall, back in January, I used some credit card perks to get us some Golden State Warriors tickets. The Warriors lost that game and proceeded to lose a good portion of their next 40 games after Jimmy Butler got a season-ending injury and Steph Curry rolled an ankle…
2nd World Problems
“Wa wa wee wa!. . .This is my country of Kazakhstan. It locate between Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, and assholes Uzbekistan.” That is a quote from Borat, created by actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat is arguably the most recognizable representation of Kazakhstan (and Central Asia as a whole) that Americans know.…
All the Way Around
We were somehow both up before our alarm went off at 3:15am and out the door at 4. Yikes. This time around, the UBCab app worked as it was intended. No last minute scams or traffic on the way to the airport, but he did drive painfully slow. Maybe he…
A Day Out in Mongolia
We agreed upon a 9am start to our day, and our guide was waiting for us in the Ibis lobby. We sat in traffic (as one does in this city) for about 35 minutes or so before breaking out into the countryside. Our first stop was the Chinggis Kahn statue.…
Off to Mongolia
Though we didn’t have to get up early for anything, we did anyway because the sun is not well blocked by the window shades and comes out around 450am. We had our standard breakfast again which was kind of meh. At one point, Nicole dropped some of her eggs on…
Leaving the Big City
We had a tray of breakfast delivered to our room around 830. We were told ahead of time that it was a “standard” breakfast. We didn’t know what that really meant. Everywhere seems to serve a lot of horse meat, so we presume nothing. It ended up being a fairly…
Alrighty, To Almaty!
We had to get up a little earlier today for our 1030 am flight on FlyArystan. We kept getting power surges throughout the night from the passing thunderstorm and it kept resetting the a/c which left the room quite hot during the night. A bit groggy, we shuffled out to…
Pilgrimage Back to the Hilton Garden Inn
Though we’ve both been sleeping better, I tend to keep waking up around 6am. I debated going out and exploring some of the town before the crowds showed up, but it was quite overcast and not appealing. I again waited patiently for Nicole without poking her. After our breakfast, we…
Heat Wave in Bukhara
It was another good night’s sleep. I was up much earlier than Nicole, but respectfully refrained from poking her to have someone to talk to. The temperature was expected to reach 106 today, not unheard of in these parts, but unusual for mid May. Accordingly, we figured we’d see a…
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passports & pepto bismol 