{"id":1955,"date":"2011-07-11T20:35:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2019-07-07T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:21:16","slug":"kids-in-kyrgyzstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/kids-in-kyrgyzstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids in Kyrgyzstan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra, Christina and William arrived on July 1!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1956\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1956\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1956\" title=\"_MG_3230\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3230-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3230-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3230.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picnic in the Yurt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The adventures have already started.  On July 2, they came with us to the U.S. Embassy 4th of July celebration.  It rained a bit, but we had chosen our spot well, and just slipped into the yurt which had been set up on the Embassy grounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1958\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3265.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1958\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1958\" title=\"_MG_3265\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3265-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3265-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3265.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing in front of the yurt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rain didn&#8217;t last too long and everyone had a great time, with music provided by the Air Force Band, in Bishkek for the celebration, playing Latin music.<\/p>\n<p>The next day we were already up in the Ala Too Mountains (the only way to deal with jetlag, after all, is to just power through it).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1962\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1962\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1962\" title=\"_MG_3270\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3270-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3270-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3270.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina, meditating<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We went up <a title=\"Ak Suu Gorge Day Trip\" href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2011\/06\/12\/ak-suu-gorge-day-trip\/\">Ak Suu Gorge<\/a> for a picnic and a little PETA-approved fishing (no catching, just fishing).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1963\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1963\" title=\"_MG_3271\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3271-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3271-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3271.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tatyana caught as many fish as any of us<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We spent most of the next week at Lake Issyk Kul, where we also had a great time.  If I have a few minutes, I&#8217;ll put that up next.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1964\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1964\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1964\" title=\"_MG_3288\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3288-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3288-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MG_3288.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most of the crew (someone always has to be the photographer)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra, Christina and William arrived on July 1! The adventures have already started. 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