December Postcards

January 1st, 2013 Sections: ianbek

During December the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

  • Business
    • The employment experience - a frustrating experience at a conference, but there’s always the possibility of seeing something in a new light – 17/12/12
  • Calendar
  • Celestial Mountains – Us … our companies and activities
  • Daily Life in Kyrgyzstan
    •  Slippery Roads - one of the features of winter weather – 19/12/12
    • Graffiti - Street art, (that is “grafitti”), has come to Kyrgyzstan – 21/12/12
  • Fauna and Flora
    • The Goitered Gazelle - the Gazelle is not only found on the velt and other African plains but also throughout South West and Central Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent and it represents one of endangered species in Kyrgyzstan – 06/12/12
    • Doves and pigeons … - they are fairly common birds but full of interesting aspects of our history and culture – 18/12/12
  • Kyrgyzstan
    • International Affiliations: - to commemorate the anniversary of Kyrgyzstan joining the WTO in 1998, I took a look at some of the organisations to which Kyrgyzstan has aligned itself – 20/12/12
  • History
    • The Celestial Horses - from the Celestial Mountains – 03/12/12
    • Russian and Nomad - An introduction to an interesting book that I cam across … – 04/12/12
    • Mount Nansen - On International Day of the Mountains I take a look at another of Kyrgyzstan’s lesser known mountains – 11/12/12
    • Abdy Suerkulov - the former Prime Minister who gave me a parking problem, which is not bad seeing he has been dead for twenty years – 13/12/12
    • Turar Ryskulov - Ryskulov was born on 26th December, 1864, into a poor family in a village in Southern Kazakhstan … so, why did Bishkek’s biggest newspaper want to commemorate his anniversary?  - 26/12/12
    • Relics - Bishkek has some new “visitors” , Holy Relics of  St. Matrona of Moscow and of Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia).  Who was St. Matrona? – 27/12/12
  • Literature
  • Mountains
    • Mount Nansen - On International Day of the Mountains I take a look at another of Kyrgyzstan’s lesser known mountains – 11/12/12
  • Nomadic Culture
    • Weaving - Usually, when people think of Kyrgyz crafts they think of felt – but there are other sorts – such as weaving /10/12/12
  • People
    • Mount Nansen - On International Day of the Mountains I take a look at another of Kyrgyzstan’s lesser known mountains – 11/12/12
    • Abdy Suerkulov - the former Prime Minister who gave me a parking problem, which is not bad seeing he has been dead for twenty years – 13/12/12
    • Turar Ryskulov - Ryskulov was born on 26th December, 1864, into a poor family in a village in Southern Kazakhstan … so, why did Bishkek’s biggest newspaper want to commemorate his anniversary?  - 26/12/12
    • Relics - Bishkek has some new “visitors” , Holy Relics of  St. Matrona of Moscow and of Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia).  Who was St. Matrona? – 27/12/12
  • Personal 
  • Places
    • Mount Nansen - On International Day of the Mountains I take a look at another of Kyrgyzstan’s lesser known mountains – 11/12/12
  • Religion
    • A secular society? - to commemorate the famous reading from Genesis on Christmas Eve in 1968 as part of the Apollo 8 lunar mission … and the controversy it aroused I took a brief look at the role of religion in Kyrgyzstan – 24/12/12
    • Relics - Bishkek has some new “visitors” , Holy Relics of  St. Matrona of Moscow and of Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia).  Who was St. Matrona? – 27/12/12
    • Muslim clerics ban “New Year” in Kyrgyzstan - it will be interesting to see if this affects the New Years’ celebrations in Bishkek – 31/12/12
  • Society
    • A secular society? - to commemorate the famous reading from Genesis on Christmas Eve in 1968 as part of the Apollo 8 lunar mission … and the controversy it aroused I took a brief look at the role of religion in Kyrgyzstan – 24/12/12
  • Soviet Union
    • Turar Ryskulov - Ryskulov was born on 26th December, 1864, into a poor family in a village in Southern Kazakhstan … so, why did Bishkek’s biggest newspaper want to commemorate his anniversary?  - 26/12/12
    • Relics - Bishkek has some new “visitors” , Holy Relics of  St. Matrona of Moscow and of Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia).  Who was St. Matrona? – 27/12/12
  • Tourism
    • Some advice from Turkey - a report on a conference linking museums, crafts and tourism – 05/12/12
    • Open Skies - the next step towards making Kyrgyzstan a Tourist Mecca after the relaxation of the visa regime – 14/12/12
    • Air Crash Investigation - a masochistic pastime: watching Air Crash Investigation – 28/12/12

 

and not forgetting

 

Day by Day

  • November Postcards - a list of the postcards published last month – 01/12/12
  • A couple of geeks … - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 01/12/12
  • Silk Road Lodge panoramas - some new views of our hotel in Bishkek … The Silk Road Lodge – 02/12/12
  • The Celestial Horses - from the Celestial Mountains – 03/12/12
  • Russian and Nomad - An introduction to an interesting book that I cam across … – 04/12/12
  • The World Through Maxim’s Eyes - Maxim has been taking more photographs and mounted a small exhibition … 05/12/12
  • Some advice from Turkey - a report on a conference linking museums, crafts and tourism – 06/12/12
  • The Goitered Gazelle - the Gazelle is not only found on the velt and other African plains but also throughout South West and Central Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent and it represents one of the endangered species in Kyrgyzstan - 07/12/12
  • The small screen - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 08/12/12
  • Silk Road Lodge panoramas – a view from the outside - Some more of Victor’s Spherical Panoramic views of our hotel, the Silk Road Lodge, in Bishkek – 09/12/12
  • Weaving - Usually, when people think of Kyrgyz crafts they think of felt – but there are other sorts – such as weaving /10/12/12
  • Mount Nansen - On International Day of the Mountains I take a look at another of Kyrgyzstan’s lesser known mountains – 11/12/12
  • The Day of Kyrgyz Literature - which fell on Wednesday and also happens to be the birthday of Chinghiz Aitmatov – 12/12/12
  • Abdy Suerkulov - the former Prime Minister who gave me a parking problem, which is not bad seeing he has been dead for twenty years – 13/12/12
  • Open Skies - the next step towards making Kyrgyzstan a Tourist Mecca after the relaxation of the visa regime – 14/12/12
  • A nice cup of tea … -the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 15/12/12
  • Silk Road Lodge panoramas - the newly renovated Business centre  and Conference Room- 16/12/12
  • The employment experience - a frustrating experience at a conference, but there’s always the possibility of seeing something in a new light – 17/12/12
  • Doves and pigeons … - they are fairly common birds but full of interesting aspects of our history and culture – 18/12/12
  • Slippery Roads - one of the features of winter weather – 19/12/12
  • International Affiliations: - to commemorate the anniversary of Kyrgyzstan joining the WTO in 1998, I took a look at some of the organisations to which Kyrgyzstan has aligned itself – 20/12/12
  • Graffiti - Street art, (that is “grafitti”), has come to Kyrgyzstan – 21/12/12
  • Konyets Sveta … or just the end of an era? -the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 22/12/12
  • Silk Road Lodge panoramas – Rooms - 23/12/12
  • A secular society? - to commemorate the famous reading from Genesis on Christmas Eve in 1968 as part of the Apollo 8 lunar mission … and the controversy it aroused I took a brief look at the role of religion in Kyrgyzstan – 24/12/12
  • Merry Christmas! - Maxim has been taking photographs again … this time of Christmas Decorations – 25/12/12
  • Turar Ryskulov - Ryskulov was born on 26th December, 1864, into a poor family in a village in Southern Kazakhstan … so, why did Bishkek’s biggest newspaper want to commemorate his anniversary?  - 26/12/12
  • Relics - Bishkek has some new “visitors” , Holy Relics of  St. Matrona of Moscow and of Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia).  Who was St. Matrona? – 27/12/12
  • Air Crash Investigation - a masochistic pastime: watching Air Crash Investigation – 28/12/12
  • If only … - -the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 29/12/12
  • Silk Road Lodge panorama – Restaurant 30/12/12
  • Muslim clerics ban “New Year” in Kyrgyzstan - it will be interesting to see if this affects the New Years’ celebrations in Bishkek – 31/12/12

 

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