the kazakhstani bartender i met last night told me that i was only the second american she'd ever seen in her bar - which is on a main avenue, just two blocks from my bhotel/b (and several other major bhotels/b!) despite the de-isolation of ...
most are in some mix called konglish, with one or two english words surrounded by bkangul/b (korean) script. those that are in english completely rarely make sense - my favorites so far have been "bang bang plaza" and "real bestate/b fortune ...
