Manas, Kyrgyzstan

*click the links for pictures... I did not take these*

Well I'm out of Manas, which is located in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is connected to the North West side of China and is North East of Afghanistan by a couple countries. Most of the US forces fly into this Air Force base as a midway spot on the way to Afghanistan. Everyone just sits around all day in the coffee shops or in their heated "cans" (nickname for domed tents that have a solid metal or wood floor and a heavy canvas covering that hold anywhere from 10 to 40 people) waiting for a flight out of the country on a large Military Jet. 

Everybody likes being in Manas because we don't have to do anything except mess around on the internet and eat, all the while making full combat pay. The weather while I was there wasn't too bad, about 10 degrees at night and in the 30s in the daytime. It snowed a few times but nothing too much, just enough to cover the ground. The Air Force base is surrounded by hundreds of abandoned 3 to 5 story buildings, broken out windows, car and jet parts rusting all around it, it looks just like how a Russian-abandoned city should look after they pulled out. Its very funny in a clique kind of way.