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 | Flying in Kyrgyzstan |   |  |
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 |  on November 20, 2004 |
When traveling around in Kyrgyzstan, keep in mind that roads are awful and thus, traveling between different cities can be a long and painful process. And I am not saying that because I don't love to travel by car. In the contrary, I love roadtrips, but some of those drives in Kyrgyzstan were even a bit too much for me. Another options is flying - you can get a *fun* experience by flying old Russian airplanes that (at least a few I saw) were handpainted blue inside. Even the seat numbers were handpainted!! I don't think I had seen anything like that ever since I was in Haiti some years ago. |
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| Flying in Kyrgyzstan | | |
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| on November 20, 2004 |
I used Altyn Air to fly to Jalal-Abad and Osh, but domestic flights are also offered by Kyrgyzstan Airlines. Since the flights are not too long and those old, little planes probably can't fly too high (even if they wanted to), you can have some of the most beautiful views down to the beautiful mountain ranges. |
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| Details about visas etc. from Russia to Kyrgyzstan |  | |
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 |  on June 21, 2004 |
Just want to share some practical notes if you - like me - want to travel by train from Moscow to Kyrgyzstan! about the visas: I brought only the Kazak & Russian from home. As I said, I arranged the invitation letters through agencies on the internet. I received them by fax. For Russia, I used G&R International, very reliable, and payed by Credit Card: http://www.hostels.ru/visa/ For Kazakstan, I forgot the name, but it should be easy to find a proper ageny that supports you for about $25. I paid this one cash after arrival (they had to do police registration as well). If you don't stay in Kazakstan, you may take a transit visa, no invitation letter needed. But, it's a bit of a risk since it's valid only for 3 days and moreover the date of entry is fixed! In this case you need to obtain a Kyrgyz visa in advance becasue you probably have no time to make it in Almaty.. To be honest, I used a Dutch visa agent to get these Russian and Kazak visas proper, to take it easy for a start. But with the invitation letter it shouldn't be a problem, I guess, probably need only lots of patience and time. The Kyrgyz visa I obtained at the consulate in Almaty, extremely easy - no invitation needed, $30 cash. I went there outside working hours (LP was wrong about them), but they still helped me and within 15 minutes I got my stamp! About the trainticket. Got it in Moscow from the central booking office. Big hassle and took me all day. Moscow - Almaty (72 hrs.) was $100 in a cabin with 4 beds. It's recommended if you can book it in advance...f.e. by spending extra money and use an agency (like G&R). Keep in mind that this was july 2001, things change fast so please doublecheck! |
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| Donkeys | | |
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 |  on October 22, 2004 |
What about a donkey ride. Kyrgyz people are super horse riders and they learn riding at very early age. But young children who cannot handle horse, learn riding from donkeys. Even if you dont know how to ride horse, it is not a bad idea of hiring a donkey. |
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| Soviet Army Vans | | |
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| on October 11, 2004 |
We went to the lake son-kul on old soviet army style vans. It was an interesting journey and we had to stop at many places to cool down the engines of these vehicles. |
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| The best and the easiest way... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
The best and the easiest way to get there is to fly to Russia and then take one of the connecting flights from Moscow. I would suggest renting a car - public transport is too unreliable. |
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| When you are with a group I... | | |
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 |  on August 25, 2002 |
When you are with a group I can recommend the way we traveled through this country. It's not very comfortable, but these trucks will bring you everywhere. By traveling with a local crew there is a spontaneous contact. |
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 on August 24, 2002 |
I just flew in from London on British Air. There are plenty of flights out of Moscow. A cheaper alternative to flying into Bishkek is flying to Alma-Aty and driving to Bishkek. This isn't very advisable because border crossings can be a real pain. I live in Bishkek, and the best way to get around is definitely the vans. They're fast and sometimes they're not crowded; sometimes you'll find yourself sitting in someones lap. The only drawback is that if you don't speak Russian there's really no way to know which van to catch. |
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| We had two trucks at our... | | |
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 |  on August 24, 2002 |
We had two trucks at our disposal. One was for own transport, the other one was a kitchen truck. We were accompanied by a Russian cooking team. They brought a lot of vodka and Russian champaign with them. |
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| We travelled around with a old... | | |
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| on August 24, 2002 |
We travelled around with a old russian 4 x 4 Army truck which was converted in a sort of bus. And it was a good way to travel this rough country, that way we could travel off-road and see the real beauty of this country. |
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