Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

A few weeks ago we were in Bishkek and found ourselves walking across the main square in front of the government buildings. It was here that a large number of people were killed back in April when they had a revolution that overthrew the former president.

Here is the parliament building from which government snipers shot the protesters.

All was calm in Bishkek the day we took these pictures, but several hours later there was a significant encounter between the police & army and a group of demonstrators who marched through this area and it climaxed just outside the restaurant where we had supper that night. Fortunately we had left about half an hour before that happened.

Love those hats!