Kyrgyzstan Travel and Tourism Guide

On the final leg of the journey back to Bishkek we passed a very entertaining bus-shelter in the form of a kalpak, the traditional headwear of a Kyrgyz gentleman. Finally we found ourselves on the south bank of the River Chuy, which here forms the northern border of Kyrgyzstan, so we were able to look across to Kazakhstan on the north bank. On the outskirts of Bishkek - still very rural - we made a courtesy call at the house of the dacha's owner; he runs a car repair workshop, and so we had t...

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 offer I went for a hike in the mountains but not before I bought plenty of bottled water, the local made is "Legenda". After some hours of hiking we decided in the beautifull Kyrgyz scenery to go ba...

Tracy Eldred and Tim Hobin from England travel with their Thai Ridgeback dog 'Koi'. Taking a land route in a Toyota Hilux Surf truck East to Nepal,& flying to Thailand. The return leg countries will depend on social and political climate. Learning many lessons of life!

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