Postcard from Bishkek

It’s been four weeks since I last wrote a postcard … the result of a period of  ”forced rest and recuperation”. On the evening of August 22nd, I settled down to write my regular review of the week in Kyrgyzstan to posted on Saturday morning and I was in the middle of writing it when […]

During August 2014 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

When we set up the tour company, back in 1997, we featured one itinerary as our Premier Tour … a tour along the Karakoram Highway. That was a play on words … not only was it a “highlight tour”, it was, actually, our first tour. We left Bishkek and drove up to Naryn, then – […]

The catchphrase of British entertainer Max Bygraves is supposed to have been “I wanna tell you a story …“, but like so many other “quotes” it is actually a misquote. The phrase was probably the product of the impressionist Mike Harwood who was responsible for “creating” other catchphrases, (such as “Silly Billy” – associated with […]

During July 2014 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

Let the festivities commence … Oh, they have already … ee are in the Festival Season here in Kyrgyzstan … Last Month, for example,  saw a large crafts festival up at At Bashi,  Then, last weekend, there was a festival of horse games in the village of Kyzyl Oi, in the Kekemeren Valley otganized by […]

I was getting ready for bed one night a couple of weeks ago when I got a bit of a surprise … “That’s odd,” I thought to myself, “there’s something here that’s not quite right.” My feet seemed swollen, larger than usual … but when I got up the next morning the swelling had gone […]

During June 2014 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

There is an old saying the The camera never lies … but I am not so sure … In the “good old days”, photographs were taken on film, (which was a precious commodity), and time was required to develop the negatives and print the final product.  To get a succesful photograph one had to take […]

During May 2014 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics: