Ysyk-Kol Oblasty Vacations, Ysyk-Kol Oblasty Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

People i met here who contributed to and improved my trip: Julia (Russia)   Our minivan terminated in the North East of the town and from here it took 10 minutes to walk into the centre. Plenty of pretty traditional wooden houses lined the street, which was little more than a dirt track. I had expected Karakol to be a modern little town, so it both surprised and pleased me to find something a little dated, yet traditional.   The first hostel that we came across had doubled its p...

On our way to Karakol we make a stop at the Burana tower and its little museum. Next to the tower is a field of mini midget easter island statues which are alse old as we are told. Up next are the petroglieves near the Karakol lake, these are ancient drawings of goats and errrr.... goats. I believe ancient Kyrgyz must have really liked their goats. On one of the stones I see a rubber, so that's how the drawings are made, there not ancient but just badly drawn with a rubber. The guide assures ...

Next day we organised a trip to visit the "eagle man".  Eagle Man is a former head of police for the region which was interesting for us "teachers on leave".  Eagle Man has for many years caught and trained wild eagles.  He enters some of the eagles in annual sporting events in which the eagles are trained to hunt and kill prey as they would in the wild.  Coincidently Paul and I had purchased a rabbit.  A nice fluffy one, white with black dots around the eyes.&nb...

Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo by reliving the past of the Silk Roads from Syria to China, going upstream the mighty Mekong from Vietnam all the way to Tibet, see the roof of the world and more.....