The team of Seneca has worked with the UCA - University of Central Asia since April 2015 and this is my 5th visit to this amazing partner institution. Their campus sign in the city of Naryn is in three languages: English (all programs are delivered 100% in English), the Kyrgyzstan language and in Russian. Before the soviet era the people in Kyrgyzstan had mostly a spoken language (most of them lived nomadic lives as cattle herders). That is why their language "adopted" the Russian alphabet; a new thing I learned during this trip. The setting of the UCA is spectacular...
Photos do not fully do justice to the beauty of the backdrop of the mountains, but it gives you an impression. Diana, the Academic Dean of the UCA, took me today for a walk along the river and here are a few photos I took during our walk:
Afterwards we took a car and went to an outlook point over two directions of the valley. Again, my photos do not do justice to the spectacular views. Thousands of years ago the traders traveled through this valley between China and Europe (it was later called the "silk route").
We also visited the daily local market where - as in so many other places around the world - the local colors, smells and smiles welcome you. Tomorrow I will travel on to China...
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