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Pick dandelions at the foot of Burana Tower
Eish Says: The climb up the tower is through a non-lit staircase and it is quite a pleasure to visit areas that are not yet "touristified". The tower is about 1000 years' old, and was once 20m taller. Over time, and through earthquakes, it has become the only ancient building in the...
Read the history of the Burana area in Russian
Eish Says: The open air museum around the Burana Tower has got a pictorial representation of the history of the tower, and the city Belasugan founded in 960 AD - so I am told. I could not read the history because it was in Russian only. Apparently the city was so beautiful that when...
Wander through the Balbals at Burana
Eish Says: Balbals are grave markers used by nomadic Turkic peoples who used to roam Central Asia. They could be carved with the face of a victim of war, a conquered person or someone special to the carver. This collection at Burana Tower has been assembled from all over the Chui...
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Balbals are grave markers used by nomadic Turkic peoples who used to roam Central Asia. They could be carved with the face of a victim of war, a conquered...
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Tokmak, and the Burana Tower nearby, are about 60km east of Bishkek. This was our first destination out of the capital city. Our journey to Burana took us past sunflower fields with enormous...
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Situated 10km south of Tokmok, the tower is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasugan set at the foot of the Shamshy valley. Established in the 10th century on the site of an older settlement,...
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