Archive: February, 2008
The Celestial Mountains Tour Company and our sister company, the Celestial Mountains Guesthouse in Naryn were established in 1997 by three British investors to offer tours and other services to travelers. The tours would cover the regions of Kyrgyzstan and, in co-operation with our partners in other countries, throughout Central Asia and along the Great [...]
Are there two companies: The Celestial Mountains Tour Company and the Celestial Mountains Guest House (Naryn). Both Were ESTABLISHED in 1997 and Registered under Kyrgyz Law AS Kyrgyz companies. Although They Are, Actually, two separate companies – They HAD the Same three investors . One Came to Kyrgyzstan at about the time of Independence and [...]
Naryn, where we have a small guesthouse, is a long, thin town in the center of the country that straddles the fast flowing Naryn River and is set between high, steep cliffs.
Bishkek cannot claim to be one of the major cities of the world, like London, Paris or New York. It is, however, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan and does have a number of important and interesting buildings, monuments, parks, museums, galleries, theatres and other places worth seeing or visiting.
Kyrgyzstan (or The Kyrgyz Republic, to give the country its official name) is in the very middle of the Eurasian continent, bordering China (to the east), Kazakhstan (to the north and west), Uzbekistan (to the south and west), and Tajikistan (to the south west and south). (Actually, the geographical center of the Asian continent lies [...]
Sometimes, when I write a postcard, it strikes me that some of things I refer to might be surprising, or cause confusion, or warrant further explanation.
I am a creature of habit. One of my routines back in the UK was, every Sunday to take the weekly washing that had been put into the washing machine and do the ironing listening to Radio Four … the Brit’s reading this will understand what that means … it’s a Talk Radio station run by the [...]
The first part of the name is easy to explain … my name is Ian. So, why “bek”?
The site was actually started long before the days of blogs and social networking sites like My Space and Facebook … at that time, lots of people had personal webpages and websites and I decided to set one up for myself.
I am often asked how I ended up in Kyrgyzstan … and my answer tends to vary according as to how mischievous I am feeling. For example, sometimes I say it is because I failed the Eleven-plus examination … if I had passed, then I would have gone to a grammar school where I could [...]
