There is a company that makes a range of cleaning products called 'Barf'. They make lots of different stuff, like soap or clothes washing powder. Their company slogan translates into English as 'White as snow, clean as Barf'.
These are photos of the Orto-Sai food market in Bishkek. There was heaps of weird stuff for sale, from different pollens, to every shape of pasta that you could think of.
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1 This is the sign above the door to a doctor's office. I hope it says something like 'Doctors surgery - all welcome'.
2 This is a poster advertising the movie 'The Fast and the Furious 2'. Note the word at the bottom is how they have translated 'The Fast and the Furious' in Russian.
3 This is one of many holy places around the country. There is a natural spring coming out of the side of the mountain, which the locals consider holy. The tradition is for visitors to tear a strip of cloth and tie it up the first time they visit.
4 Just a nice view of the mountains near Bishkek.
5 Just a nice view of the mountains near Bishkek.
6 A waterman salesman hard at work.
7 Marijuana grows wild in Kyrgyzstan. These are some plants we found by the side of the road when we were walking near Bishkek.
8 This is one of the beaches at lake Issuk-Kul. Although the temperature at the beach was in the high thirties, you can see snow on the mountains in the background.
9 This is a real Kyrgyz camp. We stopped here to go horse riding and have lunch, including the national drink - fermented mare's milk.
10 Me and a friend I made.
11 The Kyrgyz are brilliant horse riders. They start from a very early age.
12 We were walking along the street in typical hot summer weather, when we were hit with a freak hail storm.
13 We were walking along the street in typical hot summer weather, when we were hit with a freak hail storm.
14 Near where we were staying at lake Issyk-Kul, there was a big pond where we would go to feed a wild otter. The Russian word for otter is 'nutria', so we called our otter Natasha Nutria. Natasha liked stale bread and biscuits.
15 "I'll have 20 litres of super, please."
16 Russian pool is weird. There is only one coloured ball, all the rest are white. The balls are about twice as big as normal, they only just fit in the pockets.
17 There is a big park near lake Issyk-Kul, which has dozens of ancient drawings carved on rocks.
18 There was a big monument which was lit up at night and these huge toads would come out at night to catch insects that were drawn to the lights.
