A jaunt in the Kyrgyz Republic

• До тех пор, и спасибо за все баранины (So long and thanks for all the mutton) 13 years ago So this is the end...the last hurrah. the tale of my final days (for now) in the Kyrgyz Republic.It's been an insane, jumbled, eye-opening, belly-building, gratifying and intense experience.  I leave Kyrgystan a far better informed individual with a re-drawn mental map of the world.  My last few...
• The Lake Issyk-Kul (A weekend in Cholpon-Ata) 13 years ago                               With the exception of the gold standard; ‘What the hell have you come to Kyrgyzstan for?’ query, this is the most common question asked by locals to foreigners visiting or coming to live in Kyrgyzstan.  Lake Issyk-Kul has...
• A Moment of Reflection 13 years ago Today you find me in reflective mood, contemplating what the the future might hold for Central Asia and Krgyzystan in particular.  So you'll find a want of  tawdry tales of drunken debauchary, surreal occurences, comic goings on, off the cuff quips and self-deprecating comedy rambles in today's...
• Это западня (Of Chocolate Wrestling, Bottle Popping and Admiral Ackbar) 13 years ago       That's how it all began, some months ago now.  We were having a wander through цум (Tsum = Central Universal Store) a giant department store that sells all kinds of bric-a-brac, including (it turns out) latex masks of Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars.  Not, it must be added, a...
• Of King Charles, The Black Prince and The Game of (Somewhat Smelly) Kings. 13 years ago It is traditional in most cultures of the world to mourn the dead.  In the case of the Bishkek ex-pat community the dead are any lost souls that have left Bishkek.  As each person takes their leave of the Kyrgyz capital, they are granted a funeral/wake where people come to celebrate their time...

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