Postcards – July 2013

August 1st, 2013 Sections: ianbek

During July 2013 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

  • Anniversaries
    • A valuable research tool - On the anniversary of the publication of the first Encyclopaedia – 01/07/13
    • The wrong day ??? - The Americans celebrate Independence Day on 4th July … but I wonder how many of them realize that this is almost certainly the wrong day – 04/07/13
    • Buying a package - Birthdays and anniversaries are pretty important here, so I thought I would mention that Friday was the birthday of the Package Tour – 05/07/13
    • Still young at heart - As I approach my “coming of age”, (that is 18 years in Kyrgyzstan), I took a brief look at what changes I have seen in that time  - 26/07/13
  • Bishkek
    • Panfilov Park - One on Bishkek’s main city center parks – 24/07/13
    • A bigger splash - A chance conversation over Dinner sent me in search of Swimming Pools here in Bishkek – 25/07/13
  • Book Review
    • Arhat - A classic of contemporary Kyrgyz literature – 22/07/13 
  • Business
  • Calendar
    • The Day of the Ufologist - Some things are stranger than fiction … including apparent UFO sightings in Kyrgyzstan -02/07/13
    • The Sun has got his hat on … and is coming out to play - On Stay out of the Sun Day  some thoughts about ho to avoid the problems related to Kyrgyzstan’s hot summers – 03/07/13
    • The wrong day ??? - The Americans celebrate Independence Day on 4th July … but I wonder how many of them realize that this is almost certainly the wrong day – 04/07/13
  • Celestial Mountains
    • Taken to task - An email brought home to me the importance of feedback from clients who had taken a tour with us – 07/07/13
    • Three Lakes and a Reservoir - Here’s on itinerary for trying to see as much of Kyrgyzstan as possible in a short time - 14/07/13
  • Fauna and Flora
  • Food and Drink
    • Food ettiquette - It’s important to be aware of local traditions when dining out -16/07/13 
  • Geography
    • Passes - Without them, the mountains would be nothing – 08/07/13
  • History
    • Andrei Rublev - The Russian Orthodox Church commemorates it’ most famous painter of icons - 17/07/13
    • A conundrum - So, whose flag is it anyway? … and why haven’t they changed it? – 31/07/13
  • Language
    • A Kyrgyz vocabulary -  The chance discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 led to a dead language coming alive, sometimes I feel the need of a Kyrgyz Rosetta stone – 15/07/13
  • Life in Kyrgyzstan
  • People
    • Peter Fedorovich Shubin - One of the great figures of Kyrgyzstan’s classical music scene – 10/07/13
    • Andrei Rublev - The Russian Orthodox Church commemorates it’ most famous painter of icons - 17/07/13
  • Places 
  • Religion
    • Andrei Rublev - The Russian Orthodox Church commemorates it’ most famous painter of icons - 17/07/13
    •  Pilgrimage - Visiting Sacred sites in Kyrgyzstan – 28/07/13
    • Svetly Mys – Bright Cape - The sleepy rural idyll where, maybe, St. Matthew finally rests – 30/07/13
  • Stranger than Fiction:
    • The Day of the Ufologist - Some things are stranger than fiction … including apparent UFO sightings in Kyrgyzstan -02/07/13
  • Trivia
    • A conundrum - So, whose flag is it anyway? … and why haven’t they changed it? – 31/07/13
  • Tourism
    • Buying a package - Birthdays and anniversaries are pretty important here, so I thought I would mention that Friday was the birthday of the Package Tour – 05/07/13
    • Taken to task - An email brought home to me the importance of feedback from clients who had taken a tour with us – 07/07/13
    • Three Lakes and a Reservoir - Here’s on itinerary for trying to see as much of Kyrgyzstan as possible in a short time - 14/07/13
    • Food ettiquette - It’s important to be aware of local traditions when dining out -16/07/13
    • Sun Worship - Many tourists go in search of the sun when choosing their holiday destination … what can Kyrgyzstan offer? …   – 21/07/13
    •  Pilgrimage - Visiting Sacred sites in Kyrgyzstan – 28/07/13

 

… and not forgetting

 

Day by Day

  • A valuable research tool - On the anniversary of the publication of the first Encyclopaedia – 01/07/13
  • The Day of the Ufologist - Some things are stranger than fiction … including apparent UFO sightings in Kyrgyzstan -02/07/13
  • The Sun has got his hat on … and is coming out to play - On Stay out of the Sun Day  some thoughts about ho to avoid the problems related to Kyrgyzstan’s hot summers – 03/07/13
  • The wrong day ??? - The Americans celebrate Independence Day on 4th July … but I wonder how many of them realize that this is almost certainly the wrong day – 04/07/13
  • Buying a package - Birthdays and anniversaries are pretty important here, so I thought I would mention that Friday was the birthday of the Package Tour – 05/07/13
  • A man for all seasons - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 06/07/13
  • Taken to task - An email brought home to me the importance of feedback from clients who had taken a tour with us – 07/07/13
  • Passes - Without them, the mountains would be nothing – 08/07/13
  • One of the ‘Bugbears of modern life’ - Why I am not very receptive when it comes to “high pressure” sales techniques of telesales operatives – 09/07/13
  • Peter Fedorovich Shubin - One of the great figures of Kyrgyzstan’s classical music scene – 10/07/13
  • Taking the measure of corruption - Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer had some surprises – 11/07/13
  • It’s surprising what you can learn from James T. Kirk. -  - 12/07/13
  • The first steamship - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan -  13/07/13
  • Three Lakes and a Reservoir - Here’s on itinerary for trying to see as much of Kyrgyzstan as possible in a short time - 14/07/13
  • A Kyrgyz vocabulary -  The chance discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 led to a dead language coming alive, sometimes I feel the need of a Kyrgyz Rosetta stone – 15/07/13
  • Food ettiquette - It’s important to be aware of local traditions when dining out -16/07/13
  • Andrei Rublev - The Russian Orthodox Church commemorates it’ most famous painter of icons - 17/07/13
  • Hearts of Oak - Bishkek’s trees in crisis - 18/07/13
  • The after effects of a robbery - Being a victim of a robbery can have some unwelcome consequences -19/07/13
  • A small step … - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 20/07/13
  • Sun Worship - Many tourists go in search of the sun when choosing their holiday destination … what can Kyrgyzstan offer? …   – 21/07/13
  • Arhat - A classic of contemporary Kyrgyz literature – 22/07/13
  • Romashka - I needed to buy flowers for a trip to the cemetery – 23/07/13
  • Panfilov Park - One on Bishkek’s main city center parks – 24/07/13
  • A bigger splash - A chance conversation over Dinner sent me in search of Swimming Pools here in Bishkek – 25/07/13
  • Still young at heart - As I approach my “coming of age”, (that is 18 years in Kyrgyzstan), I took a brief look at what changes I have seen in that time  - 26/07/13
  • Unikeonpäivä - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 27/07/13
  •  Pilgrimage - Visiting Sacred sites in Kyrgyzstan – 28/07/13
  • Take care when choosing a headline : Snow Leopards under threat - I was confused when I saw a news report about the Snow Leopard becoming a victim of fashion – 29/07/13
  • Svetly Mys – Bright Cape - The sleepy rural idyll where, maybe, St. Matthew finally rests – 30/07/13
  • A conundrum - So, whose flag is it anyway? … and why haven’t they changed it? – 31/07/13

 

 

 

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