Second time is a charm.

 Crissis adverted.  At Christmas there was a great deal on our flights back to Kyrgyzstan, so we went ahead and purchased them. 4 months early. Usually I purchase flights 6 weeks out on a Tuesday night for the best .  Well 2 days after I booked the flights, Kyrgyzstan changed the visa restrictions.

They reduced the visa free term to 30 days from 60 days with an option for extension on line. $180 later and 4 hours on line , a week wate and we got a letter telling us our visa was declined .  I have no idea what I had done wrong.  We decided to have one of our friends try again for us .. so relieved , second time is a charm and we have our Visas

We have several individuals coming in the month of April, we are really looking forward to having them.  I am not going to share their identity just yet, we want to surprise some of our people . 

As we are preparing to head back to Kyrgyzstan this spring , I have created a wish list for some of the things we would like to bring with us. 

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This spring we have a more direct flight that is slightly more expensive , but it allows for 2 checked bags each .. something we have not had for a couple years .  This will give us an extra 300 lbs and an opportunity to get stocked up with some of the items we need .    Any items purchased from this wish list will be shipped to my home in Canada and we will be able to pack them over with us .  

I want to highlight one of the items on the list .. 

The landscaping cloth. 

When we went to purchase it the cloth was white rather then black.  We were assured that this was a weed cloth.  We carefully planted through it.  But very quickly it became evident that this was not a weed barrier, but a frost cloth that allowed the sun light and rain to go through creating a green house effect , PROMOTING weed growth.  Not good.

So one of the things on the list is the correct  cloth.  Along with having it to plant this spring, I will also have some that I can take with me to some garden shops to see if they can find some for me there in the future .  

And the coffee 

This is one thing that does not require an explanation .