Friday, December 12, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
First snow in Bishkek
Dears,
It finally snowed in Bishkek yesterday night! ...and then it became so lovely during the day that i could not stay home. Went to several places around Bishkek, took some pictures. Missing Bishkek winter?
Cheers,
It finally snowed in Bishkek yesterday night! ...and then it became so lovely during the day that i could not stay home. Went to several places around Bishkek, took some pictures. Missing Bishkek winter?
Cheers,
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Istanbul by night
Dear friends,
These are some of the pictures i took during our cruise around old Istanbul with my new UN colleagues from Iraq and Montenegro this night. The pictures are taken from Sultanakhmet square again. It was about 10 PM when the big pray next to the Blue Mosque took place. TV crews came to do reports about it (picture below). I think i had too many beers...so better go to bed now to have some rest before the last day of the meeting. I will have to pretend i had a long sleep.
Miss you alll....
Denis
These are some of the pictures i took during our cruise around old Istanbul with my new UN colleagues from Iraq and Montenegro this night. The pictures are taken from Sultanakhmet square again. It was about 10 PM when the big pray next to the Blue Mosque took place. TV crews came to do reports about it (picture below). I think i had too many beers...so better go to bed now to have some rest before the last day of the meeting. I will have to pretend i had a long sleep.
Miss you alll....
Denis
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
My dear friends.
These are some pictures from Istanbul. It’s a lovely and definitely unique city divided into two parts by Bosporus. It is believed that one part belongs to Europe and the other to Asia. Believe you or not, but you feel the difference as soon as you cross Bosporus.
It feels a little similar to Bishkek. People are not very organized (also spitting on the streets), the transport is hectic, the drivers are mad. There are many, many mosques. The best (but also tourist) place is Sultanahmet square surrounded by three huge mosques – the Blue Mosque, the St. Sophia Cathedral, and one more which name I don’t remember. I was there at the day time and mullahs from all three buildings started to pray/sing one after another in a style of a good old opera. It was fantastic. Even people not of Islami religion (or any close to it), stopped to listen to this, dare I say, “show”.
Needless to say, food and sweets are fantastic.
With greetings from hot (in many senses) Istanbul.
Denis
P.S. Remarkable – there is no toilette paper in the hotel toilet. I had to buy it from the supermarket.
All the below pictures are from the old part of the city. The new part is nothing to see. Too modern to be interesting.
These are some pictures from Istanbul. It’s a lovely and definitely unique city divided into two parts by Bosporus. It is believed that one part belongs to Europe and the other to Asia. Believe you or not, but you feel the difference as soon as you cross Bosporus.
It feels a little similar to Bishkek. People are not very organized (also spitting on the streets), the transport is hectic, the drivers are mad. There are many, many mosques. The best (but also tourist) place is Sultanahmet square surrounded by three huge mosques – the Blue Mosque, the St. Sophia Cathedral, and one more which name I don’t remember. I was there at the day time and mullahs from all three buildings started to pray/sing one after another in a style of a good old opera. It was fantastic. Even people not of Islami religion (or any close to it), stopped to listen to this, dare I say, “show”.
Needless to say, food and sweets are fantastic.
With greetings from hot (in many senses) Istanbul.
Denis
P.S. Remarkable – there is no toilette paper in the hotel toilet. I had to buy it from the supermarket.
All the below pictures are from the old part of the city. The new part is nothing to see. Too modern to be interesting.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The staff..
I don't know many of these people......tells you how many they are.. I think at present we have 65 or so...you lose count ... here..
Friday, July 4, 2008
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Dear Melaras family and others who didn’t work today, happy 4th of July!
I wanted to send you e-mail, but with the new computer I lost e-mail addresses to almost all of you. It would be great to get them again on denis_kyr@yahoo.com.
So, happy independence day! Health, prosperity, fun, and PEACE to all.
Miss you.
Denis K
Dear Melaras family and others who didn’t work today, happy 4th of July!
I wanted to send you e-mail, but with the new computer I lost e-mail addresses to almost all of you. It would be great to get them again on denis_kyr@yahoo.com.
So, happy independence day! Health, prosperity, fun, and PEACE to all.
Miss you.
Denis K
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Dushanbe
Denis, thank you for the pictures. Dushanbe is a beatiful city. Savrisha xorosho vyglyadit, pls pass to her our congratulations!!! And pls say hi to Shams. Vozvrashaisya v Bishkek:))))
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Traditional
Some of the stuff i got from a souvenir shop:
Traditional Tajik platok
The way you should wear the traditional Tajik platok
Traditional Tajik ornament
Doira - Tajik drum made of camel leather
Traditional Tajik platok
The way you should wear the traditional Tajik platok
Traditional Tajik ornament
Doira - Tajik drum made of camel leather
Monday, June 2, 2008
Dinner with a bear
Late night in Dushanbe. I'm just back from a dinner with Savri and Shams (and a long walk with Savri and then alone). We had a bear visitor to the cafe:
this dedushka asks his bear friend to dance for cafe visitors for a modest honorarium
i felt so sorry for the bear. look in his eyes - he's so sad :(
our Dushanbe friends... dd i tell you that Savri is going to get married with Alisher (nobody's seen him yet)...plan a trip to Dushanbe!
Happy Savri the fiancee
serious discussion of old friends. Shams just did the first NGO forum in Dushanbe. it went very successful. congradulations, Shamiddin!
my Internews colleagues Marat (on the left) and Nurzhan (well, the one left)
this dedushka asks his bear friend to dance for cafe visitors for a modest honorarium
i felt so sorry for the bear. look in his eyes - he's so sad :(
our Dushanbe friends... dd i tell you that Savri is going to get married with Alisher (nobody's seen him yet)...plan a trip to Dushanbe!
Happy Savri the fiancee
serious discussion of old friends. Shams just did the first NGO forum in Dushanbe. it went very successful. congradulations, Shamiddin!
my Internews colleagues Marat (on the left) and Nurzhan (well, the one left)
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