The trip across the border was uneventful. I got more questions leaving KZ than I did getting into KG. My driver had a bit of trouble finding my Air BnB since it’s tucked away in what passes as residential suburbia here in Bishkek, but we figured it out. My host, Ben, showed me around the…
Switching ‘Stans
It’s about 2 AM in Almaty. At 11:30 I’m taking a car back to the border with Kyrgyzstan and into Bishkek. Last month was just a couple of days in a nice little hotel to reset my tourist status here in Kazakhstan. This time I have a small studio apartment in a residential neighborhood for…