July 2006

The “another square’s” fountain from the previous tale supposed to represent the Zodiac signs. Though I’m pretty sure there isn’t such sign as Snail. But all the rest of the gang seems to match the description. Strange magical water-resistance spell happened to us while we were there – we’ve been told that this particular fountain […]

Skin Circlings Weekend’s gone and left me stripy – coloured. My skin is like one of those crop circles – a complex design of various tinges of tan. This was the result of walking half-morning through the treasures of a car boot sale. And if before I featured a strapless low décolleté Eastern Kazakhstan’s tan,

I think, I’ll start with the town itself, thought we have spent less amount of days in it then out of it. But of course, it deserves the place on the first pages of the Tales. The name of the town is foreign-speakers-unfriendly – Ust-Kamenogorsk. It has the Kazakh translation, which is easier to pronounce