Postcards – 2012
January 1st, 2013 Sections: ianbek
Weekly postcards containing a summary of the week’s events are marked (*)
January 2012
- Resolutions (*)
- Manzhyly Ata
- Maxim the Photographer
- Kyrgyadiary.info
- Ala Kiyiz
- Air Crash Investigation
- Merry Christmas! … again! (*)
- Marco Polo
- If you believe the National Statistics Committee …
- Molodaya Gvardia – Avenue of the Young Guards
- Frunze
- Sudoku
- Bruegel
- Late again! (*)
- Brother, Can you spare a dime?
- Trouble spot Tourism
- Float like a Butterfly …
- When is Customer Service Day?
- The Philharmonia
- Martians or Earthlings?
- Greetings! (*)
- Kyrgyzstan’s Rivers
- The Year of the Dragon
- Cycling tours
- To Press Release … or not to press release
- 2012 – A year of Anniversaries
- Togolok Moldo Street
- Having fun … at work (*)
- A SWOT Analysis
- Tom
- Fine arts in Kyrgyzstan
February 2012
- Embassies and foreign relations
- I wonder if Bill Gates would come to Bishkek?
- I’m back on my soapbox – reliable statistics
- Social Media Snapshots (*)
- Futsal
- Leilak Pile Carpets
- A Trivial Pursuits Question
- Claudius Bombarnac and the TransCaspian Railway
- FEZ
- Deep Blue and the revival of Chess
- Gold records (*)
- Ak Jan and the Frankish Knight
- Grechka
- A tragic wedding party
- KVN
- Religious Tourism
- Places to stay …
- Strana Chudess (*)
- Sven Hedin – Swedish Explorer
- Horses in Kyrgyz nomadic culture
- Pancake Day – Blinis
- The Pochaev Icon comes to Bishkek
- Operation Lentil
- Visa logic?
- Personality cults (*)
- Is that Wacker or Vakker?
- A bet on Kochkor
- Dord
- Tomris – Amazon Queen
March 2012
- Peace Corps
- An ABC of Kyrgyzstan
- Expensive missed opportunities (*)
- Choices, choices … the search for a “single voice”
- Textiles
- Herbs
- Dungans in Kyrgyzstan
- A present for Mama on International Womens’ Day
- Vino
- Greetings Cards (*)
- Disaster recovery
- What goes around, comes around …
- The Sports Palace named after Kojumkol
- A slice of Pi, anyone?
- Yaks
- One size doesn’t fit all
- Aksy (*)
- Djusup Balasagyn
- Polygon – Bishkek’s Rubbish Dump
- Storytelling
- Who shot J.R.?
- Bread
- The other WMD
- The Great Escape (*)
- Askar Akaev – The first President of Kyrgyzstan
- Fortuna Jazz Club
- Gymnastic cats
- Gorky Park
- Visa Free Regime – The First Step
- Suggested Alternatives
- Earth Hour (*)
April 2012
- An ABC of Bishkek
- Thirty is a dangerous age
- Camera Shy
- Scouting
- KGNU
- Learning lessons from a Presidential visit
- An All round view (*)
- Kurmanbek Bakiev – Kyrgyzstan’s Second President
- A time to weep
- A newsletter arrives in the mail
- Posting a letter
- Legendary Origins of Issyk Kul
- Flora
- Sinking ships (*)
- The Museum of Fine Arts
- Heart of Asia
- Planet Bishkek
- Sunken Cities
- Snow leopards
- Zhiguli
- Field of Dreams (*)
- A good way to see wildlife?
- St George’s Day
- Toi Talkan
- Da da da da da da da da …
- Islam
- A Guimbarde by any other name …
- “Wow, no one saw this coming.” (*)
- Welcome Speech
- BLT … and all that
May 2012
- Central Square
- Niche Marketing
- Hsuan Tsang – Pioneer Silk Road Traveller
- May the fourth be with you!
- Europe Day (*)
- Welcome to the new Department of Tourism
- The Kyrgyz National Conservatory
- The Real Thing
- Peak Pobeda – Victory Peak
- Just what we didn’t need
- Encounters with Dali
- Florence Nightingale’s Mathematical Bent (*)
- A clash of dates
- It was on a Monday morning …
- Lechebniye Tourism
- New Challenges, New Inspirations
- An early meeting
- Bishkek Museums
- Don’t Forget the Lessons of the Past (*)
- Questions, questions
- Green Foundation
- The Magnificent Seven
- Adding insult to injury?
- Meaningful signs
- Misha’s Bones
- In for the long run … (*)
- To Know, know, Kyrgyzstan … is to …
- The Burana Tower
- The Prezhevalsky Horse
- Kyrgyzstan’s last Hero
- No Tobacco Day
June 2012
- The Three Orphans
- Crowning Glory (*)
- Waterfalls
- AIESEC
- Ulitsa Frunze
- An early start to the day
- Manap Biy
- “Invest in me”
- In search of Nero (*)
- Obstacles to doing business
- Koreans in Kyrgyzstan
- Balykchi – Gateway to Issyk Kul
- The Mynah Bird
- Kashgari – Ancient Linguist
- 1000 little things
- Fantasmagoriana (*)
- Togolok Moldo
- A slip of the pen
- Horse meat.
- Kara Balta – Black Axe
- Dandelion and Burdock
- Leather
- Candidates for Greatness? (*)
- Responding to how others see us
- Reptiles
- Nam 15 let!
- ATM
- A Perfect Day
- The appeal of the Mountains
- 999 (*)
July 2012
- Tax: Evasion, Avoidance, Mitigation, Protest, Resistance …
- Chiy
- Stay out of the Sun Day
- Kongur Ulan
- Jogorku Kenesh
- Rhubarb, rhubarb …
- Free Lunches (*)
- High Rise
- Sir Janyl
- Big Brother is watching you
- Okroshka
- The Ubiquitous sheep
- Marat
- Bon Chance (*)
- Marmots
- Team KG
- Salary Stats
- Cheque this out
- Adventure travel talk
- Skin art : To tat, or not to tat?, that was the question …
- Friendly invasions (*)
- Kasha for breakfast
- Tolubai
- Khan Tengri
- Visa Free … finally!
- Tsifra Dnya – Figure of the Day
- One day, seventeen years ago!
- Let the Games begin … at last (*)
- Visa Free Regime – What it means and what it doesn’t!
- The Historical Museum
- Arbus
August 2012
- Did I say that?
- Toguz Korgool
- Enver Pasha
- Happy Birthday Mr. President! (*)
- Healthprom update
- Jamilia
- From the sublime to the …
- Ormon Khan
- Sary Chelek – Yellow Bucket
- Uniquely Kyrgyzstan
- Winding down (*)
- Youth Day – or – Youth Quarter
- Medal hopes dashed
- Taking the waters
- Toktobolot Abdumomunov
- Cash is King
- Edelweiss
- Living through history (*)
- World Photography Day
- Garfield takes a walk on the wild side
- Traditional amulets – Tumar
- The Kazakhs
- Container Creations
- Dress Code
- Kiss and Make up (*)
- Celebrating Man’s Best Friend
- Ogurtsy Sandwiches
- Dividing the nation
- Maps
- Energy
- The Forgotten General
September 2012
- Back to School … (*)
- So much to discover!
- Oodles of Noodles
- Paperboy
- Cruel and Unusual Taxes
- Kochkor Ata – one of the seven shrines
- Sayakbai Karalaev
- Tom, Dick and Harry … and not forgetting Sally … learning about life (*)
- Happy Chrysanthemum Day!
- Kasym Tynystanov
- Em-Chay-Es … the Ministry of Emergency Situations
- Safed Bulan
- Reading the signs
- The Big Cheese
- Whodunit? (*)
- Kubanychbek Imanalievich Malikov
- Statesmen
- Water, water everywhere …
- google it
- Entrepreneurs’ Day
- Peace Avenue
- Messrs. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins celebrate (*)
- Toktogul Reservoir
- Polysyndeton
- Kasym Bayalinov
- Underwater archaeologists at work …
- Who the Dickens …?
- Peak Lenin
- Michaelmas (*)
- Caffeine curves
October 2012
- V is for … vegetarian
- Bridge on the River Chui
- Dubovniy Park – Oak Park
- Any man’s death diminishes me …
- Where have all the teachers gone?
- Bellerophon (*)
- Civil Aviation
- Why I have never been to …
- One passport or two …
- World Day Against the Death Penalty
- WMHDAY
- Oscar Hopeful
- A Day That Never Was (*)
- Meanwhile … elsewhere …
- Handwashing Day
- Syrniki
- Arslan Bob
- Cranes
- Numismatics
- Explorations (*)
- Hello Sailor!
- Sweet tooth
- Dealing with an intruder …
- Caves
- Discussion Club
- Where’s the fire?
- Two apartments and an old car! (*)
- Earrings
- Shabdan Baatyr
- Chuikov – Record Breaking Artist
- Olga Manuilova
November 2012
- The Tender Girl and the Seven Bandits
- Kalyk Akiev
- I know … because I was there!!!! (*)
- Chokan Valikanov
- Bank Transfer Day
- A country the Brits have never invaded …
- Historical Statue at risk
- Spartak Stadium
- Suimonkul Chokmorov
- Big Bird … (*)
- Single’s Day -
- Baha’i
- Trust you … review of customer rants and raves
- Diabetes
- White Cane Safety Day
- Karamoldo, the Komuzist who played all day
- Confusing times (*)
- Another election
- Charity begins … at home?
- Adoption Month
- World Television Day
- The Prosecutor’s Office
- Pulat Khan
- Stormy weather (*)
- An encounter with Begenas Sartov
- Tengri
- Uzgen
- Napkins, beer glasses and toilets
- Isanov and Isanova
- I know I should know this …
December 2012
- November Postcards
- A couple of geeks … (*)
- Silk Road Lodge panoramas
- The Celestial Horses
- Russian and Nomad
- The World Through Maxim’s Eyes
- Some advice from Turkey
- The Goitered Gazelle
- The small screen (*)
- Silk Road Lodge panoramas – a view from the outside
- Weaving
- Mount Nansen
- The Day of Kyrgyz Literature
- Abdy Suerkulov
- Open Skies
- A nice cup of tea … (*)
- Silk Road Lodge panoramas – Business Centre and Conference Room
- The employment experience
- Doves and pigeons …
- Slippery Roads
- International Affiliations:
- Graffiti
- Konyets Sveta … or just the end of an era? (*)
- Silk Road Lodge panoramas – Rooms
- A secular society?
- Merry Christmas!
- Turar Ryskulov
- Relics – St. Matrona
- Air Crash Investigation
- If only … (*)
- Silk Road Lodge panorama – Restaurant
- Muslim clerics ban “New Year” in Kyrgyzstan
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