I live in Atyrau, Kazakhstan and work for an oil company . It is a pretty small city in a developing country. As such, a lot of products are not available. Charcoal briquettes is one such product. The lump charcoal I can get here is good, but I like briquettes for some cooks.
Anyway, a Kazakh friend and coworker asked me to write letters of recommendation for grad schools in the USA. I was happy to, and he got into Columbia!
After that, I felt I could ask him for a favor. I sent him out looking for Weber briquettes in the city of Almaty (where he is working because of covid). He found them and and arranged shipping to me. Altogether i paid about 90,000 kzt (~$207) for 64 kg. Not bad considering my location.
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