This is for all the surly wait staff we've ever encountered. More reading: www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/kazakhstan%e2%80%99s-pos... www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/kazakh-reflections-mount...
The hotel/room by the hour place we stayed in Shymkent. www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/08/oh-brothel-where-art-tho...
Crescent moons mark the religion of the deceased at Mizdakhan cemetery (outside Nukus, Uzbekistan). For more reading on Uzbekistan: www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista... www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/