Postcard from Bishkek

I had a visit the other from yet another journalist who wanted to take an interview about the state of tourism in the country. This time it’s for an article to appear in a new journal which is being planned to be published here in Bishkek by a European publishing house.  It will be in [...]

My father used to have a phrase he would use to say whenever he was astounded by something: “Well, I’ve got a bloody hell …!”. A friend of mine, Paul, had another phrase which he would use in similar circumstances: “The things you see when you haven’t a gun!”