Postcard from Bishkek

There is an old adage that you shouldn’t judge a horse by the harness. The Kyrgyz sage Toulbai wouldn’t have been fooled by harness – he was renowned for his knowledge of horses.  People would bring him their horses and ask for his advice. For example, they might ask if a particular horse was good […]

I am sure that most people in the world have heard about the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World“, although not everyone could name them all.   In fact, most of them no longer exist with only  The Great Pyramid at Giza still surviving. There has been some controversy over the fact that the list […]