Postcard from Bishkek

I wouldn’t say that I have been particularly sporting, however, I have “had a go” at many different games over the years. Most of it my sporting experience was of the “knock-about” variety rather than organised sport.  The trouble with organised sport was that it required talent, skill, training and commitment.  Now I have a […]

Several years ago there was a draft law “On Tourism” proposed for the Kyrgyz Republic.  Fortunately, it was never adopted.  Why do I say  “fortunately”?  Well, there were several reasons, including the fact that one of the measure it included was to require that the Director of a Tour Company had to: be a citizen […]

Whenever I complete an application form, there is always one answer which causes people to raise their eyebrows, raise the heads and take a second look at me and ask: “You graduated from Oxford?!”