tator

№6 July 2009

Your sporadically published guide to what’s happening in and around Bishkek

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Restaurant GuideTourist MapsWhat’s On

40 som/сом

Escape From

Uzbekistan!

Plus:

Osh: City by a hill

Hiking: A week in Altyn ArashanOne woman’s tale o a Soviet massacreBrazilian ootball legends in Uzbekistan...and much more!

S i x t h I s s u e

F a b u l o u s

S p e c i a l !

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This Month

Bishkek city map

The pick o the entertainment listings.

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Restaurants, Bars, Clubs

All the best bars and clubs in town.

Weekend

Crosswords, sudoku, and other things todo over a coee.

The Guide

Lake Issyk Kul map

Go orth and sunbathe.

Out & About

News and Views

Flagpoles, U-turns and ootball legends,what’s caught our ancy this month?

Secrets of the dead

A Soviet atrocity, a bad smell at the bottomo the garden and a secret borne or nearlytwenty years. The

Spektator

fnds out more.

Focus

A week in Altyn Arashan

The

Spektator

dons its hiking boots andreports rom one o Kyrgyzstan’s mostspectacular mountain regions.

Osh: City by a hill

Older than Rome, and now boasting Kyr-gyzstan’s one and only UNESCO World Her-itage Site, there’s a lot more to Osh thanmeets the eye.

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The Spektator Magazine

Editor & publisher:

Tom Wellings(editor@thespektator.co.uk)

Sta writers:

Robert Marks (robert-marks@thespektator.co.uk), AndreasHedors, Chris Rickleton (chris_rickle-ton@thespektator.co.uk), Evan Harris

Guest Contributors:

Lois Kapila,Alexandra Prentice

Design:

Tom Wellings

Advertising Manager:

Irina Kasymova(email: advertise@thespektator.co.uk mobile: 0772 304146)

www.thespektator.co.uk

Want to contribute as a reelancewriter? Please contact:editor@thespektator.co.uk

The Spektator Magazine is available at locations throughout Bishkek, including:

(Travel Agencies) Adventure Seller, Ak-Sai Travel, Carlson Wagonlit, Celestial Mountains, Eotour, Glavtour,Kyrgyz Concept,Kyrgyz Travel, Muza, NoviNomad (Bars & Restaurants) Cowboy, Hollywood, Metro, New York Pizza, No1, 2x2, Boulevard, Cofeehouse, Doka, Fatboy’s, Four Seasons, Live Bar, Lounge Bar,Meri, Navigator, Stary Edgar’s Veranda, Adriatico, Cyclone, Dolce Vita, Santa Maria, Golden Bull (Casinos) Europa, Golden Dragon, XO (Hotels) Dostuk, Hyatt, Golden Dragon, Holiday, Alpi-nist (Embassies and

Organisations) The UN building, The American base, The German Embassy, The Dutch Consulate, CAMP

Ala-too, NCCR, The Bishkek Opera & Ballet Society.

COVER PHOTO (by special correspondent Evan Harris)

The seaside no more. A boat rusts in Uzbekistan.

COVER STORY: Escape from Uzbekistan!

He blames British embassy incompetence,but special correspondent Harris was luckyto get out o Uzbekistan with nothing worsethan a hole in his wallet. We bring you a taleo death, bribery and rusty boats.

Pastures new

A report rom the Rural Development Fundon their latest Awareness Raising Pasture Fair.

The Som Gang part II

Rounding up the rest o the amous fguresthat decorate Kyrgyz banknotes.

New job

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O l d b e a r

P a g e 5

Badback

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What’s on

The pick o this summer’s estivals.