They aren't water bottles! This is my buildings dumpster on it's cleanest day save the remnents of the Saturday night celebrations. 

My apartment building with the spring melt in the fore ground. My "balcony" is on the other side of the building but looks exactly the same as the side. 

Shakhtinsk Technological College. Where I confuse the future English teachers of Kazakhstan. The pipes on the left are part of the heating system that runs through the town and inadequately heats the buildings. 

Russian Orthodox Church in the center of town with the compulsory abandened apartment buildings that out number lived-in buildings in town. 

Downtown Shakhtinsk. This is on my walk to and from the KazPost Post Office. It's a perfectly accurate depiction of the town. 

A beautiful view of the only topography behind the only "lake" in the area. 

This is what I wade through to get to the bus station.