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Stay in a yurt!

by bartman_9

One of the highlights of my trip to Kyrgyzstan is the time I spent with a Kyrgiz family living in a yurt (traditional tent). A Swiss aid-organisation, Helvetas, can organise this for you. Go to Kochkorka, at Kochkorkuchasi 111 is the house of Maripa Shakirova who will set you up with a family. You can choose where and how long you want to go, whether you want to spend time in one place or go trekking etc. The price is just a few dollars, which helps your hosts and it's a unique experience!

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Sleeping in a Yourt under a perfect blue sky

by manuelamm

If you want to experince the local way of life find a family that accept guest in their yourt (a felt tent). Local shephard spends the summer months grazing their animals (horses and yaks) in the mountains; their accomodation are round felt tents that dot the highlands. There is an Association - Shepherd's life - that can tell you - roughly - where the locals have set up tents when you are there. Ask in bishkek, they should be able to help you find them.When you are there you can go horse riding on perfectly trained horses: galop across the planes, alongg shimmering Lake Son Kol.Stunning and unfogettable..one of my best travel moments!

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Tash Rabat Caravanserai in the Silk Road

by jorgejuansanchez

The main well known wonders of this small country bordering China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are the beautiful lake Issyk-Kul, which means Holy Lake, where you can admire the Tian Shan Mountains, then the exotic bazaars of Osh. Very few travel to the remains of an old caravanserai along the legendary Silk Road: Tash Rabat (it is in a rarely frequented path to China and hard to find; even the locals ignore its existence).In Tash Rabat you can sleep in a yurt provided that you brought a very warm sleeping bag.From Tash Rabat you can join again the road to Sinkiang, in China, walking and hitch hiking through the Torugar Pass (3752 metres). Once in China you will be surprised to find so many facilities for the tourists: good food, regular transport, internet, beers, etc., it is like crossing from Papua New Guinea to Japan.Thanks to countries like Kyrgyzstan the travellers realize...

Holy trinity cathedral in Karakol

by lovesjetlag

A beautiful wooden orthodox cathedral at corner of Lenina and Gagarin, its fine yellow domes have been destroyed and rebuilt and during the Soviet era it was used as a club, I realy recommend also a stop in the beautifu lgardens around it too cool off!

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Things to do in Osh- a walk up Dom Babura

by lovesjetlag

LP says the walk from the center of Osh to Dom Babura is steep, well it is not, it is really easy because there are steps on the way and you don't really feel the increase of gradient.So walk up to Dom Babura on a beautiful day, it will take you 20 min approx to reach the top. Along the way you will meet many nice Uzbek ladies who will ask where do you come from, Uzbek are really friendly people and I really regretted I cannot speak so much Russian; on the top of the rock (It is called Solomon's throne) you will find this little prayer room which is carved from the rock of the promontory, people go inside to pray or leave a prayer, especially women who have difficulties in getting pregnant go there to pray.On the top the view is breathtaking with a view on the Pamir range. If you turn around the prayer cave and go towards the cemetery on the way down you will find other small caves, in...

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Other things to do in Kyrgyzstan

by lovesjetlag

here are some random suggestions...When in Bishkek you will be probably amazed by the emptyness and vastness of its streets and squares, their have been built for hosting military parades rather than for people to move around...Fortunately in summer the children make good use of the massive, otherwise quite useless fountains by turning them into water parks, they swim and play with the water jets, summer days in Bishkek can be really scorching....I have wished I was a kid too...When walking around Bishkek I felt I thought that the city reproduced in urban shapes what is around it, vast, flat, empty spaces with no apparent purpose than just "being"....another striking feature of the Kyrghyz capital is the abundance of trees; as travel writer Colin Thubron remarked, the streets are like green tunnels, it seems to be walking in a forest with an air strip at the middle (the road); the trees...

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Stay in a Yurt

by His_Beloved

There are yurt camps for tourists all over the country (mostly Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblasts) where you can experience the traditional life of the nomad Kyrgyz. Some prices can be a bit expensive though, so if you are on a budget, look around before you decide who to stay with.

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high mountain pastures - jailoo

by babar_1

Jailoos (mountain pastures) are situated high in the high mountains, at an altitude of 2500-3000 m. above sea level. You will be amazed at the sight of mountains.Jailoo tourism is part of a new approach to developing Kyrgyzstan's tourism industry, a strategy centered on Cultural Tourism. Cultural Tourism emphasizes the interaction and communication of tourists with authentic culture and the everyday life of local people, while encouraging multi-national cooperation and cross-cultural interaction. By taking the tourist into the mountains to spend time in the yurts of Kyrgyz nomads, "jailoo tourism" gives the "guest" a chance to get the taste of Kyrgyz nomadic life.

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Lake Issy-Kul

by babar_1

The trip to Kyrgyzstan is not completed without the visit of beautiful Issy-kul lake. It is among world's most glorious lakes, surrounded by snow covered majestic tian-shan mountains its pure and clean water and lovely beaches invite tourists to spend some relaxing days here.

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The Dungan Mosque

by His_Beloved

This distinctly Chinese looking mosque was built completely without nails in 1910. The building is beautifully built and reflects the Dungan’s (Chinese Muslims) pre-Islamic Buddhist tendencies, with symbols of the pomegranate, shell, and wheel of fire decorating the inner sanctuary. Barely surviving the communist takeover in Kyrgyzstan, today it is the center of Karakol’s Muslim faith…..for men, that is, since local women are not permitted to enter, but are required to worship in a small, plain building a few blocks away. They do make exceptions for foreigners, but you should contact CBT to make arrangements and women should wear modest clothing (covering legs and shoulders) and a head scarf. I don’t recommend you visit on Fridays, since this is the Muslim holy day and the mosque is crowded with local worshipers.

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