A walk last Sunday

April 9, 2008

Last Saturday here in Bishkek the weather was abysmal, and I stayed indoors most of the day. In contrast, Sunday was perfect: warm, sunny, with clear blue skies... the perfect day for a walk. So I took one. And, as you might suspect, I took a lot of photographs. Some are similar to those I took on my very first excursion into Downtown Bishkek way back in, although now shown in the light of spring rather than under a blanket of snow. Others are of entirely new sights. Either way, enjoy!

Square honoring the Martyrs of the (Communist) Revolution

Ditto.

Up close and personal...

...and likewise.

Mmmmm, green.

I really like this house a lot.

Legendary Kyrgyz hero, Manas, [wikipedia entry]
who once carried his horse over a rough mountain pass.

A closer look.

The White House.
No, seriously, that's what the Kyrgyz President calls his office.

Erkendik Park, a nice pedestrian park/boulevard downtown

Some kind of drama theater.

It had interesting detail work...

...and awesome columns...

...and one supercool light fixture.

The bizarre and rather unkempt circus facility
looks an awful lot like a flying saucer.

Cork, Cork, are you there?

The Russian Orthodox cathedral on Jibek-Jolu Street
is really beautiful. And you know how I love onion domes.

At some point they started building a rear addition to the church,
but it seems that construction has halted.

This was nice, if you go in for that sort of thing. Unfortunately, you can only find it by climbing in through the rubble of the ill-fated "construction" at the rear of the church.

I liked this picture too, even though it's not really my cup of tea.