Kyrgyzstan Arrival June 24, 2009
September 11th 2009 Day 1, June 24, 2009, Wednesday, Sharshembi:
Arrived at 1:00 am at the airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Needed a transit visa to be able to travel by car to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The transit visa was available after completing a two page form and handing over $15 to the unsmiling young woman at the counter. All attempts at charm and ineptitude were of no avail. The father of my frie
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