Postcard from Bishkek

There was an announcement last week that today, April 29th, (Dehn Goroda), the fountains in Bishkek would be turned on once more following their winter shutdown. Since ancient times fountains have been used to decorate cities.  In early times water would cascade under the force of gravity form mountain springs and descend to the towns [...]

Today sees the British Royal Wedding in Westminster Abbey between Prince William and Kate Middleton.  Even here in Kyrgyzstan it has been difficult to miss all the hype, (there is an awful lot of coverage about the event in the international media and on the internet), although, to be honest, there has not been that [...]