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№20 October 2011
 
Your monthly guide to what’s happening in and around Bishkek 
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Restaurant GuideTourist MapWhat’s On
Budget
Bishkek
ona
Plus:
Social Work on the
Silk Road
Live, Breathe, Eat
Football
Sweet Home
Novostroika
 
Kievskaya 71Tel.: +996 (312) 976 777www.movie.kg
Ticket AgencySovietskaya 19,
 
(Mederova crossing)Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan720005Tel.:Mobile:Fax:
Air Tickets, Education Abroad, Work and Travel, Public Speaking,
 
Training for television
 
Contents
This MonthOut & About
 
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The Spektator is now online at www.thespektator.co.uk 
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Restaurants, Bars, Clubs
All the best bars and clubs in town.
City Map
Don’t get lost.
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What’s On
The pick of the entertainment listings.
The Guide
Kick O!
We have knocked together a guide to thebest places to play, watch and endure foot-ball in the wonderful city of Bishkek.
Letter to the Editor
News and Views
In this issue’s round-up we take a look atthe challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s largestwalnut forest and hop on the campaigntrails of Kyrgyzstan’s would-be-leaders.
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The Spektator Magazine is available at locations throughout Bishkek, including:
(Travel Agencies) Adventure Seller, Ak-Sai Travel, Carlson Wagonlit, Celestial Mountains, Ecotour, 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.
ON THE COVER: A ceramic Carmen or a
 gamburger 
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di-fcult choices or the budget visitor to Kyrgyzstan.
Sweet Home Novostroika
Recently we invited our readers to playtheir part in a new feature giving folks thechance to write in and complain/enthuseabout issues that mattered to them. Butif we receive bizarre, semi-explicit lifestories then we will publish those too.
The Spektator Magazine
Founder:
 Tom Wellings
Managing Editor:
Chris Rickleton(editor@thespektator.co.uk)
Sta writers:
Alex Ward, RobertMarks, Thomas Olsen, Dennis Keen(keenonkyrgyzstan@thespektator.co.uk), Palmer Keen, Holly Myers,Evan Harris, Nigel Browne, AdelineBell (Adelinebell@thespektator.co.uk),Patrick Barrow, Pavel Kropotkin, AliceJanvrin, Sergey Vysotsky
Guest Contributor
:
Christine Tappan
Design:
Aleka Claire
Advertising Manager:
Irina Kasymova(email: advertise@thespektator.co.uk)
 
www.thespektator.co.uk 
Want to contribute as a reelancewriter? Please contact:editor@thespektator.co.uk 
“Iron Felix” Fed to the Wolves
Ahead of the presidential vote, we considerthe case of forgotten former PM Felix Kulovand the decision to strengthen parliament.
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Social Work on the Silk Road
In Kyrgyzstan, social workers get shortshrift. By harnessing the power of educa-tion, Christine Tappan and faculty at theBishkek Humanities University are aimingto change and empower the profession.
Focus
Bishkek on a Budget
Have you just blown into Kyrgyzstan andfound out it isn’t as cheap as people said?The
Spektator 
’s Thomas Olsen takes you ona tour of the city’s best bargains.
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