Cultural Observations

I hope you find these amusing.

1) Red lights are run early, meaning drivers start going when the other people's lights turn yellow. If you were to run a yellow light the way we do in the States, you'd get hit.
2)Kyrgyz (ethnically Kyrgyz, not Russian) walk with thier toes out (pigeon-toed) and bowlegged. Maybe a result of their heritage of horse riding?
3) All men smoke and spit a lot.
4) They have figures out that Soviet roads are built too wide and that you can fit three cars into three lanes.
5) Kyrgyz are very trusting when it comes to public transport. You pay the driver at some point during your ride, often handing money up through several people and getting your change the same way.
6) It seem irrelevant whether you walk on the right or left side of the sidewalk when peop0le are coming towards you. As often as not, people will go leftwhen you are in that head on, which way are you gonna go? situation.
7) Women love high heel, like really high, and men like long toed, black pleather slipper/shoes.
8) Gold is the dental repair material of choice. BLING!
9) In Bishkek, you can't walk two minutes without seeing a photocopy/ passport picture place, internet cafe, money exchange, and pharmacy. They're everywhere!
10) Men shake hands with everyone they greet, but don't make eye contact.
11) It doesn't matter if you're car has it's steering wheel on the right or left side.
12) Everyone who has a car in Osh is a taxi driver.
13) Seatbelts are only worn when police are near. Even then, it is prefered to simply pull the belt over, without buckling it, until the po-po are out of site.