Bishkek Travel Blogs

And so my last full day in Bishkek finally arrived. I was curious to see an Orthodox church, and so we took a marshrutka to St Vladimir's Russian Orthodox Cathedral, a very attractive building in blue and white. A service was in progress, so we went in and stayed for about half an hour. It was all …

People i met here who contributed to and improved my trip: Julia (Russia), Clemmens (France)   A new country day always brings excitement and fear for me. I have encountered quite a few horrific border crossings during my time travelling and have come to expect the worst. Children with guns,…

The best things in life always end too soon. Due to one of my best friends getting married, I could only spend 1 out of 2 weeks in Kyrgyzstan. I even had to miss out on the 3 day R&R trip including horse riding, white rafting, seeing the mountains & more than likely inadvertently eating som…

What a friggin’ beautiful place, once you get outside the cities. Took a long drive alongside this huge lake that reminded me of Balaton in Hungary (ok, ok, I realize the comparison doesn’t mean all that much to you, but just go with it). Parts of the landscape reminded me of Tahoe, others of S…

2 weeks in Kyrgyzstan, awesome. I spent most of my time in Bishkek I had a really good time and met some cool people.

In 2005, I travelled from Kazahkstan to Krygyzstan on my way to Iran.

Planning info Visa CET + 4 see www.timeanddate.com Unesco World Heritage Sites (Tentative) Burana-Minaret (29/01/2001) Issyk-Kul as a cultural and natural landscape (29/01/2001) Saimaly-Tash Petroglyphs (29/01/2001) Shakh-Fazil (29/01/2001) Suleyman-Too (29/01/2001) Uzgen (29/01/200…

The Lonely Planet Book that we have has a quote within and it reads, "Things change - prices go up, schedules change, good places go bad and bad places go bankrupt - and nothing stays the same."  For the most part we have stumbled into great people, terrific weather, and fortuitous timetables.…

With my friends in our mountains

A map of where I've been

Samen met naamgenoot 4 weken in deze regio vertoefd.

Reis van Taraz naar Bishkek.De hoofdstad van Kirgizstan is een vrij nieuwe stad met veel groen op de grote pleinen en brede boulevards. Leninbeelden en Sovjetarchitectuur contrasteren hier nog met gezellig volle terrassen. Bishkek is een aardige stad om even tot rust te komen na enkele reisdagen. W…

Funny thing is that yesterday you could see the youth partying and today there are cleaning up the roads and doing a lot of communial work. After crossing the Kyrgyz - Kazach border I noticed how poor the Kyrgyz country side is but is has a magnificent mountainous skyline. As Bishkek has little to …

I had time in the morning to have a good breakfast of eggs and bread with thick cherry and blackcurrant jams, then make my way downtown for nice morning views of the mountains. I was going to change a bit more money, but no bank in Naryn would exchange anything less than $100 bills, which I didn't …