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<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Aeroflot plane <\/strong>landed at the airport of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, at 5 a.m. And two hours later we were already squeezing through traffic jams along the narrow streets of the city by two motorbikes, which we rented from a local motorbiker Vadim.
\nBishkek wakes up early. At 6 a.m. life is in full swing. At the local market sellers are laying out greens, fruits, vegetables, trays with strawberries and cherries onto the stalls. Right by the road one fellow is taking out hot tortillas from the tandoor, which smells veryyummy, and is selling them for 25 som apiece. (100 soms equals 80 roubles). Numerous caf\u00e9s and restaurants are empty today, since the Muslim fast (Ramadan) has recently begun.
\nBishkek is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan, populated by about a million people. It can be described as a city of contrasts. There are a lot of decent hotels, modern buildings, shops and restaurants in the central part but all the districts that are a little further from the centre resemble some of the Russian average country towns in late 90s. \nSmall shops, outdoor markets, tents, in which you can buy everything, squalid tire shops and hideous buildings that serve for an unknown purpose. The Russian language is spoken by almost everyone here and most of the names of streets, shops and advertising billboards are in Russian as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t