From now on, I will be the nomadic correspondent of Nomadistan – I am sure there are a lot of interesting remarks to be made about the European (non)perception of Central Asia. Sitting in the middle of Berlin has (definately more than five, but that would break the narrative of my former posts!) five advantages:
1. Berlin is a very multiethnic and exciting city and the buses and metrolines get you around 24/7 (except for the times when they go on strike like this entire week – then nothing moves at all… and I started thinking about renting a minibus and putting up a sign in the windshield saying: Marshrut 204 – from Alexanderplatz to Zoo).
2. You can drink beer or coffee on the street.
3. Libraries!!!
4. The mayor of Berlin entered his office with the words: “I am gay and it is good that way.”
5. Policemen also stop you on the street, but usually you do not have to pay your way out.
5 reasons to go back to Kyrgyzstan:
1. The mountains.
2. The sun – maybe the sun spends too much time in Central Asia, because it barely comes around to Berlin (but in exchange Berlin has another good old friend “horizontal rain” stopping by almost every other day).
3. Time goes by slower in Kyrgyzstan.
4. Politicians do not even pretend to live by democratic rules (I admit, this could also be a reason to leave Kyrgyzstan).
5. Lagman 
I was telling people last night that Hitler should have just been a city planner. judging by the beauty of Berlin that was he true calling. He got a littleside tracked by being an evil dictator.
By: K-Roll on October 5, 2009
at 4:13 am