(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Jason Bates, a current student from Utah Valley University, was able to travel to three Asian countries, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan in May of 2012. This is part three of his threenation report. Report on Kyrgyzstan Jason Bates, Political Science Major, Utah Valley University Kyrgyzstan was the most interesting country that I visited, and the one that (thankfully) I was able to spend the most time in. While in Kyrgyzstan I met many wonderful people associated with both the International University of Kyrgyzstan and the University of Central Asia. Both institutions show the promise that Kyrgyzstan has for a potentially promising future. Both of these Universities are within Bishkek, the capital city. Bishkek, I have read, was the greenest (in the botanical sense, not the environmental modern sense) capital in the Soviet Union. And, after my visit, I can believe it. Strikingly beautiful, long parks dot the city, and trees abound. The site of slowly fluttering seeds and the smell of life were welcome additions to my breakfast routine in the city. Not only was the city beautiful, the people were (aside from one incident with the police) friendly and helpful. The relatively large American presence in the area due to the airbase at Manas is helped me feel not as foreign as I otherwise would have. With a large population of Russians still living in the city, it was also easier to blend in. Kyrgyzstan is strikingly beautiful with its jagged, high mountains, its large, deep lake of Issyk Kul, and the large, green city of Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan’s status as a highly mountainous nation has led it to play a large part in the development of mountain