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- Bishkek
- Capital
- Som (KGS)
- Currency
- 4,753,003
- Population
- KG
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
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Waiting for the Ketchup
This is a top pick! Until I met Valentyn, I was wondering about Kyrgyzstan. "Too cold, we don't go now." I heard all too often from guides and travel agencies. But this is your country! And now was the best time to go see wildlife and enjoy the winter ...
Rural Kyrgyzstan
We left Osh fairly early. The bus station was near to where we were staying and we grabbed some breakfast en route. It didn't take us long to realise that we'd first need to take a bus to Jalalabad then switch for Bazaar Korgon. The second bus was a ...
Yummy Gingerbread houses
... was pretty boring so I left the tour halfway through and sat by the truck and enjoyed the view of the lake. The town of Karakol is on the western point of the lake and is a small, peaceful, spread out town with backstreets of old Russian gingerbread ...
Leaving Karakol
... allerdings recht nett, guter Service, leckeres Essen, das Fruehstueck sehr europaeisch... gutes Brot, Salami, Kaese,...:-) Karakol besitzt eine orthodoxe Kirche (die sieht ganz nett aus) und eine Moschee (mit chinesischem Einfluss, da von ...
Completely blogged
... ! I go and explore the Chinese Mosque. It looks like a Tibetan temple but it is a mosque for the Dungan community in Karakol built by the Chinese. I drop into the tourist office to check if my brief ride through Uzbekistan on the road from Bishkek to Osh ...
Glaciers, Hotsprings and Honey beers
Lake Issyk Kol which is a huge alpine lake in the East of Kyrgyzstan if one of the only alpine lakes that does not freeze, this is down to a combination of thermal activity, extreme depth and a mild salinity. At 170km long and 70km across it is also the ...
It always rains on Thursday
... and I believed the Baptist church has set up some kind of university fellowship here. It was a pleasant surprise to them in Kyrgyzstan, and in a provincial town no less. At the place where I'm staying, I met several long-term travellers. One of them was ...
Here we go again!
... pleading and offering dollars as well as soms will change the good lady's mind. She is sorry but adamant. I carry on for a while after Karakol looking for a place to camp. Of course I happen to be in a very narrow valley with a road and a river and ...
I arrive
... a receipt and tells me to produce it if I am stopped by the police. You can't be too sure you know! By the time I get to Karakol it is dark. I stop at a restaurant where three men are cooking on a brazier outside. They wave me over. Greetings. One of them ...
Beautiful Song-Kol Lake - the ultimate ethnoshonk
... doubt the worst driver we have ever come across. His old Audi 100, like the thousands of other Audi 100s in Kyrgyzstan was primarily used as a street going racing car. Despite the pouring rain and perilous winding roads, this idiot insisted at driving ...
It's my kind of town
... the future!" Sometimes I can be neurotic about things! I spend the rest of the morning taking some pictures of the houses in Karakol. Apart from some high rise blocks on the outskirts of town it is low rise and laid back. Slightly run down, traffic more ...
Lake Song Kol
Now this what I imagined Kyrgyzstan to be - beautiful lake flanked by gorgeous mountains.. the water was completely still and reflected the whole sky and horizon. In the summer this is a very popular place for sheperds to bring their sheep to graze, but ...
Dead Goat Polo
... shocked (or amused) by our equine inexperience! One other yurt-related fact for you: the circular image in the middle of Kyrgyzstan's flag is a tyndyk, a wheel with two three-ply struts, which supports the roof and forms a hole in the middle of the ...
A brief sojourn in Karakol
... truly remote and rugged areas of Kyrgyzstan, we leapt on the opportunity, signed up, and set out exploring Karakol itself. The city – Kyrgyzstan's fourth largest – was a distinctly low-rise affair, with quiet, leafy streets and single storey ...
Lake Issyk-Koel, Part 1
... auch nicht gerade ein positiver Held). Dann haben die Russen es entdeckt (noch zur Zarenzeit) und hier Staedte gegruendet (Karakol stammt aus dieser Zeit (1869). Die Sowjets haben den See dann als Kurort genutzt und hier auch Unterwassertorpedos ...
Holiday!!!!!!!!
... (where else would you stay in Bishkek?). Then back to Dushanbe. The trip was incredible, I would recommend Kyrgyzstan to anyone, it is an amazing country and the people are extremely open and friendly. I also had an excellent ...
Karakol and first yurt experience
... in a tiny Lada was improved by the majestic lake and mountain scenery and eventually we arrived in a comfortable homestay in Karakol. We had our first experience of backpacker interaction with couples from Belgium and Holland. Not sure how these people ...
The Prophet's gardener knew a thing or two about l
19th September - The Prophet's gardener knew a thing or two about location I sit for breakfast. Double fried eggs, chips, a bowl of mutton and rice stew, bread, tea, jams and honey. My Uzbek isn't any better than my Russian! Though just as well I made ...
Cliffhanger
We caught a mashrutka round the lake to karakol. On the way we started talking to a local guy who told us he was coming back for his brother's wedding, he was really nice and helped us find a taxi even though he only arrived in town about an hour ...
You lose some, you win some.
18th September - You lose some, you win some. Cash flow problem sorted in the busy Karakol bank and I'm on my way. Yet another ear to ear grinning road following the Kurp Say reservoir before dropping down onto the plain near Tash Komur. The mountains ...
Epic Treks and Kummis
Whew! I just arrived back here in Karakol after an EPIC FOUR DAYS up in the mountains. Epic cuz why? Well, cuz, epic cuz of the scenery, the effort by yours truly, and epic because of the fine Kyrgyz people I was around. First, the scenery: The ...
Karakol
... as many Russian tourists as there used to be, there are still a lot and many more from nearby Khazakstan. We're now in Karakol a nearby town in a very nice, brand new hotel, getting ready to head back out into the mountains to do a day trek ...
Horse riding in Kyrgyzstan
... the only night it's actually pouring down rains. After 4 days I end up being pretty comfy (comfortable AND confident) on my black horse but it's also time to get back to civilization and head to Bishkek, the capital of ...
Trekking in Kyrgyzstan - Karakol
... interesting days in the main Kyrgyz cities of Osh and Bishkek. What is striking when you enter Kyrgyzstan and especially its largest cities is their great buzz and energy in comparison with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan ...
Corbeaux et trekking
... une grande partie du trajet le lac Issykul. Il est enorme, bleu turquoise et entoure par des montagnes enneigees. C est magnifique! Karakol est la ville de base pour explorer la chaine du Tian Shian et cest plutot une ville interressante dans le sens ou ...
Karakol
Here are some photo's of our epic trek from Jeti Oghuz to Altyn Arashyn. It is advised to do the trek over 5 days or 4 as a minimum. Instead we managed to cover the territory which included: 3 mountain passes, steep descents, hail storms, fording rivers, ...
Road and Rain Madness
We headed up into the hills to a small local town called Arslanbob for our first home stay. As we slowly climbed up the valley the air became much cooler and it started to rain, really rain. This was the first rain we had seen since March so it was a ...
The Jety Oguz Valley
Heading inland from the lake we climbed up into the Jety Oguz valley for three days of cold alpine camping. This will be a great test of the stamina of the Urbies and the Crafties. To get to the valley we had to climb over a pass and then through a small ...
Take Vodka and Badly Mix in the Bush
Our first bush camp was on the side of a hydro lake. This will be an interesting test for the new crews. We drew the short straw and our group of four had to make the first meal. It all went surprisingly well. The rest of the evening went downhill, ...
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