http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/me_and_my_monkey/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from me_and_my_monkey en-us Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:44:26 +0000 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:44:26 +0000 Hi there allWell I do have some more pics but nothing too different from what you've already seen. And I'm back in Canada visiting the friends and relatives having a great time. Only a week and a day before I'm back at school in Denver though I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things start playing soccer again though I did manage to play a bit on 3 continents this summ http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-198340.html Yup last night in Kyrgyzstan I'd add a few more pics but the computers are acting up a bit. Just wanted to say that anyone in Canada who has recently moved and for whom I do not have a current phone number please email it to me I'll be back from the 31st of August till September 7th and I'd really like to see whoever I can.Must go finish packing etc am looking forward to hitting Europ http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-194100.html Hello I got back from visiting Naryn yesterday a lovely city nestled in the mountains in kind of the middle of the country. The weather was refreshing and cool such a change from Bishkek where I was completely unable to sleep last week because it was just SO HOT But now that I'm back for some reason the weather smells like fall and there's a bit of a breeze for which I am incredibly gra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-191873.html Ok so it wasn't actually a lot of work to put HumptyDumpty back together again. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-189900.html In another 15 hours or so I'll be airborne and heading for Boston and then Buffalo and finally St Catherine's... Craziness. So goodbye to the Rockies and the Wild West for a couple of months. It has been a crazy last few weeks and I can't wait to see everyone out Canadaway I haven't been all that interesting over the last little while concentrating on homework and moving and packing and all tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Greeley/blog-164882.html It has been a crazy two weeks or so. I spent some time running around Ontario visiting friends and family and generally having lots of fun. I managed to see all but one of the family up north And I got my first ever view of Niagara Falls isn't that ridiculous Growing up four hours away from one of the great wonders of the world and only seeing it at the age of 24 I blame my mother To cel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-169755.html I am trying to get the hang of a French keyboard again so please bear with any mistakes. I can't imagine what Kyrgyz keyboards will be like... I am on my second day in Rouen and am enjoying it muchly. But first will just explain the remaining pics from London. I think I mentioned in my last entry that Estella and I caught Othello at the globe Maybe I didn't. It was excellent Iago was perfectly http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Rouen/blog-170972.html Hello all. I'm sitting in another cheaper internet cafe although the difference between 50 and 55 cents is minimal while I wait to meet with someone from the American School who will get me set up teaching English. Given that I'm not certified hopefully he'll accept me as a native speaker who is currently in grad school if not I'm sure that I'll find some other way to fill my days. So plent http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-173246.html On Saturday Nazgul myself and Azamat Nazgul's brotherinlaw's brother spent the afternoon walking around Ala Archa National Park. It's lovely not that far from Bishkek and a favourite place for tourists saw lots of climbers and other foreigners and Kyrgyz and Russian families wanting to escape the heat. It was absolutely gorgeous and if all of my weekends let me go to places like this I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-176140.html Hello everyone Happy belated Canada Day to all and happy early Fourth of July to sundry I did nothing for Canada Day which is very sad but I did tell everyone I know that it was Canada's national day and made their lives that much better for the information. So I have been here a week and a half. The culture shock is finally finished with no crazy emotional roller coasters at the moment http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-176135.html Just noticed that they have lost all my previous entries... bit of a pain. And I don't really have the time to redo them so I hope everyone saw them and has at least an idea of what I'm doing... Ah well I still have all my pics so no prob http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-189303.html Hello everyone Hope all is well. I have now exactly 2 weeks until I fly out less if we're counting hours and am really looking forward to it. So. I had a great time last week and the first picture shows a fantastic honeydew melon being held by a friend of mine Ainura. To be perfectly honest I don't love honeydew. It isn't bad but I'd rather have cantaloupe. NOT HERE These thin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-189295.html Ok so I'm not actually in Issyk Kul but it is the only place in Kyrgyzstan that the Travelblog lists I felt like I should list it as where I am at least once. And I was there for 9 days and I would have added to the blog had I not been in the least frequented area of Issyk Kul the very small town of Tamchy. It was probably chosen as the place for the American School camp because it is much che http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/Yssyk-Kol/blog-187053.html And another week... Very busy as usual and in general a good week. I met with more women from more NGOs and now have a huge list of people to call. I'm getting tons of information but feel like I have no clue what I'll do with it all Ah well I guess I'll figure it out back in Colorado... So. The first few pics are from a party that one of my Russian students Tanya invited me to. It's the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-181763.html Hello there Just to let everyone who was worried know that I arrived in Bishkek completely safely with no trouble at all. The taxi driver who got me from Almaty was even kind enough to take me home to his wife for tea before driving me to Bishkek I must have looked absolutely exhausted at 5 am Anyways will post pics soon I do have a few but Nazgul the woman who is renting me a room is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/blog-172447.html Ok so this is going to be slightly boring as I haven't actually gone anywhere yet. I may post some pics to keep everyone occupied until the real fun starts. I'm just setting this up so I can cross another thing off my list.For those friends that I haven't spoken with for awhile I know that I'm awful at livejournal and I expect to be a bit better about this. At least when I'm going someplace http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-163990.html