Kara-Kol Travel Guide

 budapest8 Says:  We came here on our way on a trip hiking up the mountain. This old soviet style sanatorium/hotel was situated in a beautifullocation!At the mouth of the Jeti-Öghüz Canyon is an extraordinary formation of red sandstone cliffs that has become a kind of tourism trademark for... 

 budapest8 Says:  What is dangerous in Kyrgyzstan are tactics that are bringing thousands of citizens onto the streets to protest clumsy attempts to stop opposition candidates. While the Akaev government had all but squandered its potential to be remembered as a progressive force for... 

 budapest8 Says:  No its not Thomas the Tank Engine but awonderful dish originating from Central Asia. It is a rich, spicey dish, similar to Spanish rice.Maybe even cous cous in the way it is eaten. Usually bits of chicken or lamb are added for flavour,in our case it was lamb, lamb and lamb... 

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 budapest8 Says:  Recent HistoryAkaev subsequently went on to spoil the good reputation he'd built himself. He fiddled with the consitution, staged elections and referenda condemned as unfair by international observers, intimidated political opponents, consolidated power in the role of... 

 budapest8 Says:  Akaev has gone on to establish himself as a stubborn reformer, restructuring the executive apparatus to suit his liberal political and economic attitudes, and instituting reforms considered to be the most radical in the Central Asian republics. Akaev and his economic program... 

 budapest8 Says:  The new colonial masters dished land over to Russian settlers, and the Kyrgyz put up with it until a revolt in 1916, which was heavily put down by the Russian army. Kyrgyz lands became part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) within the Russian... 

 budapest8 Says:  The earliest notable residents of what is now Kyrgyzstan were warrior tribes of Saka (also known as Scythians), from about the 6th century BC to the 5th century AD. Alexander the Great met perhaps the stiffest resistance from Saka tribes in his 4th century BC advance through... 

 budapest8 Says:  Kyrgyz embassies now issue visas without letters of support. All foreigners staying in the country for more than three days are expected to register with the Office of Visas & Regulations (OVIR), preferably in Bishkek. A stamp from Bishkek is good for the whole country and...