A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS...

Well let’s recap the bad luck that we’ve had so far, by the way it doesn’t seem to stay bad for too long!
1st Dan drank some tap water accidentally, his body responded almost immediately, that was the first couple of hours once we landed in Kazakhstan (we still had another flight). It fixed itself slowly but surely in the days that followed.
2nd Our first apartment was so cold, the toilet didn’t flush, we couldn’t sleep! Imagine being jet lagged and freezing to death, but our luck changed and within 4 days we moved up to our friends place Kim and Jean (they went home)
3rd Dan got a cold, but he recovered very quickly
4th Jackie got Dan’s cold, very badly, I haven’t had a cold like this since 1999, upper respiratory infection, but today I feel I’m getting better.
5th Our kitchen sink got blocked, needed a plumber, but we got lucky our driver the (O male) is talented!
6th We got locked out (like I mentioned) but after a while found shelter at a hotel, my legs were frozen to the point where they were red, itchy and very hot! I thought they would have to be cut off…but I got lucky! Later in the afternoon we
7th Our cell phone ran out of minutes when we were locked out so could not call anyone, anymore for help, we added more minutes yesterday
8th We had also lost phone service in our apartment, so no phone or internet…we just got it back after a lot of praying to God!!!!

So the Yin/Yang balance is in total effect over here! This is a beautiful place, I would love to come back and visit in the summer time.


Here are a few things a person could miss while being here for this long:
a comfy bed (we brought a blow up mattress) best thing we ever did!
Tim Hortons coffee, I’m almost out but we think we found a replacement brand
usb storage device
tools or aids for stupid things, we brought duck tape, it helps with everything (used often)
work-outs, we brought our yoga mat, resistance bands and a measuring tape.
nice homely smells, we brought garlic,(just kidding) we brought blade plug-ins (don’t forget) a transformer and a voltage converter (Thanks Tarik and Caro)
Your keen way of answering questions quickly…bring a dictionary (English/Russian)
A little piece of home, we brought pictures, music, movies, popcorn and chocolate.