Archive: November, 2009
Every now and again I get asked if I will deliver a talk to a group of students. As a former teacher, who “loves the sound of his own voice”, how can I refuse?
It used to be said that there were over 80 nationalities represented in the population of the Kyrgyz Republic. According to the results of the census in 1999, there were some members of 132 nationalities registered in Bishkek – including 33 “Brits”, ( … we are still waiting for the results of the 2009 census).
We got some bad news recently … one of our clients has passed away – or perhaps I should say, one of our former clients has passed away. Although it is always possible, (and it is one of my recurring nightmares), to date we have never “lost” a client on one of our tours or [...]
When I first arrived in Kyrgyzstan, some fourteen years ago, I stood out from the crowd in quite a number of ways: … For a start, I was a foreigner. Nowadays there are so many of us that, although people are still interested, few really pay any attention to this fact in everyday life … [...]
The other day I had give a statement to the police, (nothing serious, I was a witness … see An attempted robbery), and I had to fill in a form. Fortunately, a young policewoman was delegated to help me. She asked me questions, I answered, and she typed the information onto the form. I also [...]
- (1811-1907) – was an outstanding stateswoman of the Kyrgyz Republic. She is sometimes known as “The Tsarina of Alai”, and “Queen of the South”. The word Datka means “General” and she was awarded the title twice.
Salijan Sharipov was born in 1964, into an Uzbek family in Uzgen, in the Osh oblast. He was brought up in austere surroundings along with his four brothers and two sisters. As a child he enjoyed reading and he still lists reading and playing football as amongst his favourite pastimes. Sharipov qualified as an Air [...]
Over 94% of Kyrgyzstan lies at an altitude of over 1000 meters above sea level and 71% above 2000 meters. (Generally – anything above 1500 meters is counted as mountainous).
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