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Kyrgyzstan – Five Reasons Why I Am Not As Brave As You Might Think
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 June 2011
By Miranda Phua, KF15 – Bai Tushum & Partners, Kyrgyzstan “Sorry, you’re moving to Fishcake?” To my family and friends (and possibly many of you) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan is a mystery. Actually, until a couple of months ago, it was to me, too. Despite its noticeably disproportionate consonant to vowel ratio, Kyrgyzstan has never really been [...]
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Is the London School in Bishkek a real place?
Blog: Brooke vs. the World | RTW Travel Blog - 31 October 2010
I get quite a few emails asking me about The London School in Bishkek.
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An Inside Look at an MFI -En Espanol Tambien!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 6 August 2010
As I sit on my semi-comfy coach listening to some buoyant Central Asian tunes I try to reflect on my three months gone past. How can I begin to explain the world Kyrgyzstan has opened for me? Through my past blogs and my sharing of my Microfinance Institute’s (Mol Bulak Finance) work I have attempted to show you. There is one more important item left for me to discuss, and that is the subject of employees at Mol Bulak Finance (MBF).
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10 Things You Didn’t Know in Kyrgyzstan –En español también
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 13 July 2010
Let’s talk about cultural differences, my favorite topic! After having lived in Kyrgyzstan for over two months, I have come across hundreds of differences between what I consider the norm and what I have witnessed here. Let me share just ten unique things about this country:
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Are Pictures Really Worth More Than a Thousand Words? –En español también
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 30 May 2010
By Eva Nemirovsky, KF11 Kyrgyzstan Sometimes. But, maybe not for Kyrgyz microfinance borrower using the Kiva platform. Poor Kyrgyz people make sure to look good for pictures, so good, in fact, that one may misleadingly think: “these people don’t need a loan!” One issue that Kiva often discusses is why some loans are funded faster [...]
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Why I’m Not Eating a Kyrgyz Chocolate Bar/La razón que no como un chocolate kirguiz
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 15 May 2010
By Eva Nemirovsky, KF11 Kyrgyzstan It’s Friday night and I’m eating a Cliff bar writing in my Bishkek apartment. I arrived two weeks ago, so I still have a few Cliff bars left. Truthfully, I would rather go outside to the kiosk and buy some Kyrgyz chocolate, but everyone has warned me not to go [...]
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Day 456: Bish Bash Bosh
Blog: The Odyssey Expedition - 1 May 2010
Thu 1st Apr: Sorry about the lack of blog updates this month – I’ve been hammering the website to make it all fabby and groovy for when the telly show starts in July and people pop in for a visit! So, where I was I? Oh yeah, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan!! So I was up and at ’em at [...]
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Bishkek, the Capital of Kyrgyzstan
Blog: Travelicious - 9 August 2009
When waiting for our departure into China, we spend a couple of days in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Unlike in Uzbekistan where all obvious memorabilias of the Communists have been demolished, quite a few Lenin statues are found around in the squares of the Kyrgyz main city.
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