Posts: 2010
December 31st, 2010 Sections: ianbek
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:
January 2010
- A plethora of New Years
- Siberian air grips Britain
- When to travel to Kyrgyzstan
- Climate change and Global warming
- A nativity play
- Orthodox Christmas
- Plov
- The Manas Epic
- Manaschi
- Kalpak
- From our own correspondent
- Babushka Adoption
- CACSA – The Central Asian Crafts Support Association
- KCBTA – The Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association
- What’s in a name?
- Tatiana Day – 25th January
February 2010
March 2010
- I hear Lapsha
- Standing your ground
- I get invited to the strangest meetings
- Become the perfect job applicant
April 2010
- Get your skates on
- An Easter in Bishkek
- Easter in Kyrgyzstan
- A night at the Opera
- Opera and Ballet in Kyrgyzstan
- Bubusara – Ballerina
- The Easter Revolution – 7th April 2010
- A sense of Deja vu
- Cosmonaut’s Day – 9th April
- The day the ceiling fell in
- And all that jazz …
- Bishkek riots – 1967
- Osh riots – 1990
- Batken incidents 1999 – 2000
- The Aksu incident – 2002
- Batken revisited – 2006
- The strange case of the Matrushka doll
- A week is a long time …
- Roza Otunbaeva
- The Maevka incident
- Meet the press
- Safe streets
- Shoot to kill
- What now for Bakiev?
- Aftershocks (*)
- Volcanic Fallout
- Pyotr Semyenov – Tianshansky
- The Tien Shan Mountains
- They’ve got a little list
- Kumtor
- Travel Warnings
- Why do we need a law On Tourism?
- The Speech that never was
- The Shadow Economy
- Non-cash payments
- Safety – top priority for tourists
May 2010
- A Revolutionary Jigsaw
- May Day
- Queues and Respect
- Constitution Day – 5th May
- Dehn Goroda – City Day – 29th May
- Krasnaya Gvozdika – Red Carnations
- Krasnaya Gvozdika Choir
- Seven days in May
- M. V. Frunze
- A Veteran Festival
- Glaciers
- Earthquakes
- Landslides
- Avalanches
- Dehn Pobeda – Victory Day – 9th May
- Kyrgyzstan and the Second World War
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Panfilov
- An interview by email
- The article as it appeared in OCA
- Going back
- Tash Rabat
- House Guests
- Orienteering
- Karagachovaya Rosha – Elm Grove
- Fetisov and the Greenest City on Earth
- The things you see
- A Duchess makes the news
- Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst
- A Developing Picture
- Telephonegate
- Maksym Shoro
- Son Kul
- Eagles
- Wolves
- The Last Bell – 25th May
- Living in a Soap opera
- Lost in the mail
June 2010
- Children’s Day
- School Assemblies
- Returning to normality
- The enclaves
- Sabantui
- Chingiz Aitmatov
- QBP
- In hot water
- A long hot summer
- Problems, problems …
- There’s no easy way to tell you this
- To go, or not to go …
- When to complain
- The Fire Trianlgle
- Petroglyphs
- Saimaluu Tash
- The Longest Day
- Waiting for the referendum
- Spectaculat … but scary
- In search of an identity
July 2010
- Pamir Bridges
- Koshoi Korgon
- Taylik Baatyr
- The Kyrgyz Krebet
- Ala Archa
- The Ala Archa Mountaineers’ Cemetery
- Alamedin
- Fossil Fuels in Kyrgyzstan
- The Kekemeren valley
- Suusamyr
- They think it’s all over
- Congratulations
- A Black tie affair
- Roditelskoye Dehn – Parents’ Day
- Return to sender
- A Prospective Market
- To link … or not to link
- What planet are you from?
- An Admin note:
- A weekend at the lake
- Lake Issyk Kul
- Cholpon Ata
- Something new every day
- Urkun – 1916
- Barskoon and Tamga
- Djety Oguz
- Sanatoria
- Good news, Bad news
- Tysoo Keshuu – Cutting the binds
- Growing up Kyrgyz
- Boorsok
- Beshbarmak
- Komuz
- Chopo Choor
- What to do …?
- The strange flow of the Chu River
- Boom Gorge
- Fifteen down and counting
- Back to the Future
- Dehn Znaniye – September 1st
- The HIPC Controversy
August 2010
- Upon my word
- A breeze in Kyrgyz cinema
- Tomush Okeev – Film Director
- Ernest Abdyjaparov – Film Director
- Beshkempir – The adopted son
- Saratan
- Communicating in an Internet Age
- Another Anniversary – Ten years on
- I never got the hang of Thursdays
- What’s so special about Kyrgyzstan?
- Hearts of Three
- Landlocked Sailors
- A Light Lunch
- Ramadan in Kyrgyzstan
- It’s raining in Moscow
- It’s all about Camel Cheese
- The Red Data Book – Endangered Species
- Another Olympic Games
- Everyone has a story to tell
- Guide books go out of date
- 57 Varieties
- A trip to Kashgar
- Kashgar
- Svetlana’s notes on Kashgar
- Another in the plethora of websites
- More stories to tell
- Gay Kyrgyzstan
- Links
- Hiatus
- An insurance anomally
- Independence Day – 31st August
September 2010
- A look back at the tourist season
- Three day week
- A cri de couer – No more cheques!
- Four Day Week
- Orozo Ait
- And I thought that I was a workaholic
- Kumyz
- The road between Naryn and Djalal Abad
- Three little letters – WTM
- A new strategy
- A week of statistics
- Blue Skies
- Why Kyrgyzstan?
- Why Celestial Mountains?
- Our Pricing Policy
- The Campaign Begins
- September trip to Naryn
- International Day of Tourism – 27th September
- Professional holidays
- Bonjour
- What is it about film crews?
- Teachers’ Day
- A lack of superlatives
- Impressions of Kyrgyzstan
October 2010
- A focus on Japan
- International Day for the Elderly
- Aksakal Courts
- Forgotten Country?
- Falling leaves
- Decision Time
- Why should we care?
- An auspicious date
- Fings ain’t what they used to be
- Where is it?
- Nothing in life is simple
- 2+2=?
- Treading water
- On Jill – 10 years
- Location, location, location
- National Parks
- Theodore Hertzen
- The blushing bride
- A Kyrgyz bear in Helsinki
- Predictions, Prophecies and Forecasts
- Party time
- Donor projects – a balancing act
- Customs Union
- Transparency
- Guide books go out of date
- No news is good news … or is it?
November 2010
- Karakol Orphanage and Microfinance update
- Halloween
- Sullivans’ Travels
- Police Day – 1st November
- Our Lady of Kazan – 4th November
- Remember, remember, the fifth of November …
- Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution – November 7th
- Invanitsyn
- Logvinenko
- Writing Postcards
- Conversation with a Tourist
- Irkeshtam
- I wish I had written that!
- Ala Kachuu – Bride Stealing
- Don’t fence me in
- We all make mistakes
- Housing
- Terentiev – the First Mayor of Bishkek
- The Celestial Mountains logo
- Kurman Ait
- The truth, the whole truth and …
- The best way to explore Bishkek
- A Walking tour of Bishkek
- Prospect Chui
- Take a book with you
- The buck stops … where?
- Spending a penny
- Behind the wheel
- Driving in Kyrgyzstan
- The GAI
- A new look for ianbek.kg
- Singing an ode to Kyrgyz apples
- A touch of Magic
- Some thoughts about “Doing business …”
- Marketing Kyrgyzstan
- Plan for the future …
- Festivals Calendar for 2011
- An explosive start to the day
- Wikiwhat?
December 2010
- A homework assignment
- A life sentence …
- All change, or more of the same
- Where do you get your news?
- The Melting Pot
- Postcards and stamps
- Human Rights Day – 10th December
- The Declaration of Human Rights
- The Ombudsman – Akyikatchy
- International Anti-Corruption Day – 9th December
- As time goes by …
- International Mountain Day
- The Girl in the Moon
- An afternoon weighing up business plans
- Who’s the cake for?
- In for the long haul – 10 years of the IBC
- Christmas is coming …
- The “Baseball Kids”
- Titles, Honours and Awards
- A visit from Aizada
- A surprise anniversary: Izhkak Razzakov – 100 years
- Confused? You will be. I certainly was …
- The Ala Archa Cemetery
- Christmas songs
- The Bishkek-Naryn Road
- Dress like an onion
- Solar Eclipse – Next Week
- Watching videos
- Have a look around Kyrgyzstan at www.see.kg
- 2010 and all that- “Looking forward to 2011, lots of changes and hopefully less complications!”
- Posts: 2010
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