I really enjoyed the market. Different sections for meat, vegies, candies, clothes, crap, etc. There are a number of food stalls with tea and boiled eggs - also fried bread. Tasty!
Lots to choose from adn a lively atmosphere, especially Sunday.
Written Oct 19, 2004
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I really enjoyed the market. Different sections for meat, vegies, candies, clothes, crap, etc. There are a number of food stalls with tea and boiled eggs - also...
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I've had a great day walking around Turkistan today. The Mosoleum is gorgeous from the outside; I've never seen the scale of tiled caligraphy before. Inside was a letdown, other than the original...
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SO WHAT TURKESTAN ACTUALLY IS, OR AN OFFICIAL VIEW Turkestan - city, southern Kazakstan, in the Syr Darya plain. An ancient centre of the caravan trade, known earlier as Shavgar and later as Yasi, it...
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I was staying in Almaty for the summer. One weekend some friends and I took the train down to Shymkent and then a private bus to Turkestan. It's a cool little town, with a nice hotel newly-built by......
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Turkistan (Turkestan) is located at the north-west of Shymkent (Cimkent). I took a flight from Almaty to Shymkent and then rented a car with driver to reach Turkistan. The distance is around 150 km......
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