Had a stroll through the furnace that is Bishkek in July. Kyrgyzstan’s equivalent of Hercules, who lifted his tired horse over a mountain pass:

The dadgum gubmint:

Monument to the two Kyrgyz revolutions this century:

Still trying to figure out this tree:

I dunno:

Ya boy:

But seriously:

Gotta keep ’em thinking we’re Russians:

En route to Victory Park:

Victory Park:

Check out the mountains way in the back:

Tomorrow we visit another bazaar and have our traditional last day Indian meal.