Going to Bishkek to get a Tajik visa, I had two options - flying for an hour or 11-12 hours in a cramped shared taxi. As the price difference was less than USD 10 (each way), it was an easy choice, so on a rainy Wednesday late afternoon, I took a marshrutka (local bus) to Osh airport. The runways and flight was as bumpy as biking the roads and no views since we were in the clouds all the way...