Archive: December, 2010
I continued to add Postcards in 2010, and the frequency increased as a result of the events of The Easter Revolution – 7th April, 2010. I started sending out a weekly Postcard (which are marked (*)). The following postcards were added during the year:
New Year is almost upon us and it is time to sit back and think about what has happened and making resolutions and plans for the coming year. There are already lots of reviews of the year in the various newspapers and on TV and Radio. This year Kyrgyzstan seems to feature in all of [...]
When I was a schoolboy, (and later when I was a schoolteacher), one of the standard projects that classes were set was to plan a holiday. The task involved a number of different skills, establishing a budget, and costing various alternatives; setting priorities as to the type of holiday, (for example, activities like trekking or [...]
Whilst I was in Naryn this month I took the trouble to go through some of the video cassettes and CDs that we have up there.
As the old year draws to a close, I got a bit of a surprise today when I saw the following entry in my daily “google alert” for Kyrgyzstan: Asian Countries Solar Eclipse 4 January 2011 Timing : Solar … By admin In Asia, 4 Jan 2011 Solar Eclipse will be visible in few Asian Countries like [...]
I am back from Naryn. Yes, it was a flying visit – it often is. It’s a five hour journey each way, and we usually start work as soon as we arrive and continue until late into the evening. Tatiana, (my accountant from Bishkek) and Asya, (the accountant from Naryn), work on the monthly accounts [...]
I’m off to Naryn for my regular monthly visit to the guesthouse. The main road from Bishkek to Naryn offers a wide variety of landscapes, and although I know the route well, travelling it about 150 times, (at least once a month over the last twelve and a half years), I never tire of the [...]
So, Christmas has arrived. Many people agree with the song, (written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle and made famous by Andy Williams), “it’s the most wonderful time of the year”. Although a popular song in its own right, it pales into insignificance when compared to “White Christmas”, (“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”), by [...]
In the post about Izhkak Razzakov, I mentioned that after his death in 1979, his body was buried in the Kuntsevskom Cemetery in Moscow, but that in 2000 his remains were returned to his native Kyrgyzstan and interred in the Ala Archa cemetery in Bishkek. Somebody wrote me an email saying that they were confused – as [...]
Who could possibly confuse Kyrgyzstan with the Ivory Coast? Why did news reports about the election results in this small West African country strike a chord with me this week? Could it simply be related to the fact that we have also had a recent election drama or that both countries seem to be divided [...]
