Archive sections: ‘Kyrgyzstan’
During the Second World War, the battles raged in several different “theaters” around the world. Despite the fact that the United States entered the conflict after being caught “off-guard” by a surprise Japanese attack in the Pacific, for various reasons the war in the European Theater was given priority. That’s not to say that the [...]
In 2007, the Celestial Mountains Tour Company, The Silk Road Lodge and the Celestial Mountains Guesthouse (Naryn), organized a competition: “Impressions of Kyrgyzstan”.
Friday, I received a phone call from one of our guides. The couple of clients that he was with wanted to meet me when they got back to Bishkek. No problem – I am always happy to meet with people … although I am not very good at “small talk”, I am by nature a [...]
I expected to spend most of my time this week writing about the election campaign which has now been underway for a week. I am not sure, however, what I can actually write. There are a number of posters and banners lining the streets for this party or that. The loudspeaker vans have been going [...]
During the week I had an interesting meeting with representatives of a market research company. They are conducting a “salaries survey” and wanted to know if we would participate.
During our search for Kyrgyzstan related travel sites on the internet, for our portal www.links.kg, we came across an interesting little cameo. It’s from a blog called My Thailand Diary, by someone called Lillian. It is subtitled “This is my journal of living in Thailand”. That’s right, Thailand.
There are a few reasons to take this road: It provides a cross-country route between the Northeast (Issyk Kul) and Southwest (Osh) corners of the country, avoiding the need to travel via Bishkek. The landscapes and villages are different from other, well visited, places and they look remote and untouched. You can visit the Saimaluu-Tash [...]
“Who drinks Kumys will live a century” “Kumys is man’s blood, air is his mind” To some people it is just fermented mare’s milk, but to the Kyrgyz it is a symbol of their nationhood – a gift from god from which they derive energy and inner strength. Today, variations are also made from camel’s [...]
The word “Orozo” is Kyrgyz for “fast” – refraining from eating. Orozo Ait is also known as the feast of “Eid al Fitr”. It is a celebration to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims believe the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Mohammed – [...]
If last week was a Three Day Week, this week has been a Four Day Week. Friday marked the end of Ramadan, and is known here as Orozo Ait, (although elsewhere in the Muslim world it has different names – for example: “Eid al Fitr”), and is a public holiday. Because it is based on [...]
