Having planned a quiet weekend, first my colleague came and went having got my passport to sort out my visa, then the owner of the Ashu, his wife, their baby and a friend came down, so that was pretty nice. I spent the afternoon chatting to them, then we had a traditional evening meal, sat low on the floor, round the long table in the house where I usually live, followed by a chance for some quiet reading.
On Sunday we had lunch in the same place, which I needed after having had an hour long walk. Despite the snow it was really warm, then we tried going online to sort out their visas for America. You know there is something wrong when even the owner of the Ashu cannot get the internet to work. Getting the visas was so important that last night after dinner they returned to Bishkek to sort things out
Most of the time things are very modern here, sitting with the family, their other guests having dinner sitting on the floor, being able to look at all the various Kyrgyz faces, was very good gave me a flavour of what it must have been like in the yurt days.
For reasons unknown by the time everyone had headed off I had a terrible headache so happily retreated to bed. Except for a surreptitious visit to give the dog some left overs. Poor creature, it has a swollen eye and sore foot, so I felt it needed some love. However, it also feels a bit cheeky giving it my food.
Today it was a struggle to get up, but the day has passed relatively well. However, the music, come computer, come sports teacher turned up and of course so did the new sports teacher, but no Head teacher to decide whether the original teacher is still employed here! Not a nice situation for anyone.
Anyway, time to go home and see if the owner and family have returned, but even if they have there are also guests tonight at the Ashu so it will be full again.
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