Recently, I mentioned about the fact that while the weekend were much as two barcamp. About Moscow thundered under tepees and yurts (or whatever else) And in Bishkek under the mountains is conveniently located BarCamp Asia . Yuri - one of the few Belarusians, all reached the same place, agreed to write an exclusive guest post for the MIW, which you can read right now!
16.05 local time, outside temperature 39 - sounds from the speakers. Our plane sat at the airport in Bishkek. You come out of the plane - and dizzy. Temperature. This is the hottest I can remember I've never met. 4:00 ago in Moscow, rain fell, and was +17.
To heat quickly become accustomed ride to Bishkek. Take a taxi. We are told - 500 soms. Translate into dollars and stand in shock. For the money we can just 2 bus stops. Because we learn that the local tax on the transfer Airport-Bishkek - 400 soms, and the driver has no choice but to agree to 4 hundred.
Entering the city. Riding scary. As the driver said, here go against the rules, and according to directions. Break through!
Most foreign participants live in a hotel Semetei.
Hotel of the local Ministry of Defence. I'd say $ 50 for a double room is a nice place, but - for 3 days the number has never been removed, and that the most disgusting thing on the balcony of one of the previous guests went to the toilet. I take out that nobody was going to.
Come on. Bar № 1. Party discovery. Thanks to sponsor a party of "live beer" for providing 200 liters. It was tasty, but not enough.
At the entrance to the bar in the open-air guests met Grandpa Lenin. Kyrgyzstan still can not part with the Soviet past.
At this party met virtually all the participants of the event - still would be free beer. Informal communication, dating, contests from the general sponsor of Opera Software - the evening clearly failed.
The very opening ceremony was held in the same informal style. Organizers Bektur and Kristina said a few words, thanked the sponsors, and ... further developments can not be described.
Partying ended with dances to performances by local groups.
Sam BarCamp was held at the American University in Central Asia, for which he had a special thank you.
It has already passed the official opening of the event, which made not only the organizers and sponsors.
Then - everything that entails format BarCamp. Schedule borrow parties on the go.
Then begin your presentation. Unexpectedly, few presentations made by the participants at this time. One of the audience was empty. In some sold-out audiences did not stop - that foreign visitors will light, then the local surprised everyone with his presentation.
Actually, the first day and consisted exclusively of presentations. Beginning the second day we shamelessly skipped, as the Asian Incubator of innovations ", we had to do absolutely nothing. Came closer to the dinner, attended BridgeCamp. For those who do not know, Bridzhkemp - the format in which the board with the schedule in any cell is written question in the same cell lecturer writes down your name if you know the answer to this question.
After BridgeCamp ceremony closing. Each one of participants were given 3 minutes, but were only 8 people. By the end of the ceremony - the total picture.
Continue to not see the point, because subsequent events have grown into a huge lump of international friendship, who was drunk is not one hundred liters of beer. Farewell, with tears in his eyes, and the key phrase - see you at the next BarCamp!
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