Bishkek at its finest 2

There are some interesting flourishes of beauty around town here.  In several places, we have fancy sidewalk tiles like here

And our street lights are rare and beautiful

Bishkek is, in many ways, a very beautiful city.  Here is a snapshot from one of our many park/open spaces clustered around the downtown area.  Those little robot things are trashcans - probably the biggest culture shock when moving in between Ithaca and NYC over the last year years, was the lack of public waste bins in Ithaca.