I arrived in Bishkek just in time to celebrate Kyrgyzstan’s Independence Day, 8/31, the day the country declared freedom from the Soviet Union. I read online and images the entire city to be pulsating with energy with carnivals and street parties taking place all over the city. A group of us finally got ready to get out on a bus to the Ala-Too Square - the main city square is a vast expanse of concrete. There were some folk music performance, but no marching bands or tanks. We then rode taxi to the Hippodrome to see horses competition but were told the venue would be in another city this year.
We had lunch back in city center and most of the group went to a bar drinking while I and another person walked back to the hostel for a nap. I enjoyed some ice cream and a 1-liter beer 10% alcohol contain cost only 75 cent. Only in Kyrgyzstan!
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