the bishkek adventure


although "our story" as a couple originated in 2006... the bishkek adventure officially began in july of 2008 when jennifer and i accepted teaching positions at an international school in bishkek, kyrygzstan. we started this blog with the hope that it would be an entertaining and accurate catalog of our years living abroad. although we are back in the states now after two years in central asia and our life is not nearly as exotic or exciting... we are keeping the blog going writing for our friends, families and for our first born child, olivia (olive) annmarie conover, who blessed us with her arrival on monday, august 24 at 2:15pm.

Friday, July 4, 2008

scooter!

jenny and i purchased a new kymco people 150 scooter just over a month ago from apollo scooter in houston.

after month of living the wonderful life of scooter ownership (people waving and smiling as we ride by... small children cheering... old women crying with joy... all the cool kids inviting us to their parties) - we have decided to up and move to central asia. as hard as it is for us to leave our friends and family behind, we are having an even harder time letting go of our scooter.

$3500 - price includes the scooter - a kymco people 150
A givi rear cargo box
1 large silver helmet
1 xxl black helmet

the tank holds about 1.5 gallons of gas and it typically costs us about $5.00 to fill up. we are averaging around 70mpg! the scooter has some get up and go and we are able to cruise easily at 50mph - plenty of speed to keep up with the cars zipping down richmond. we have used the scooter to get around inside the loop, downtown and to commute to work at the university of houston. you are always guaranteed front row parking!

we paid close to $4000 for the scooter, helmets, cargo box, tax, title and license.

if interested... drop us a line.


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