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From: Anna Kirtiklis
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:22:56 -0700 (PDT)
bulk thoughts: the mail-order bride (10)
Anastasia Kirtiklis2006-06-29 10:36:47
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The 500 cym note is out on the street! This takes the largest Uzbek note up to a value of almost 75 cents (recall that it was the 200 cym note, worth about 30 cents). I don't have any yet, but I saw one this morning on the seat of a taxi. It's very pretty; much prettier than the new USD$5. I first saw one of these a few weeks ago, handed to me by an Australian woman in a hat maker's house a few hours north of Ferghana (i.e. the middle of nowhere).
This takes the largest Uzbek note up to a value of almost 75 cents (recall that it was the 200 cym note, worth about 30 cents). I don't have any yet, but I saw one this morning on the seat of a taxi. It's very pretty; much prettier than the new USD$5. I first saw one of these a few weeks ago, handed to me by an Australian woman in a hat maker's house a few hours north of Ferghana (i.e. the middle of nowhere).
When I got home to Gulnara's last night, Nasibulla was ironing all the sheets. It took him well over an hour, heh heh. I was impressed.
"Isn't that Rufshan's job?" I asked.
"Rufshan is resting" he replied. He's actually resting up in the mountains, much too far away to iron the linens, lucky boy.
Somehow I doubt that Victor irons, concerned though he may be about the plight of women. A little background info on Victor: He's thirty-eight, Russian, long- blond-haired, fluent in English and somewhat obsessed with America. The only time he can't be reached by mobile is when he works out. Shopping and America seem to be his passions and he is as devastated by the recent western good price hikes as we guides are (if not more so).
He's also amazingly efficient and generous, though I am impudent enough to question his motives. I've known him since April; if you'll remember, he is the manager of Hotel Tsorbi in Tashkent. Admire
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