Osh, Kyrgyzstan Travel Blogs

Five Parts From Bishkek to Tashkent
Dec 28, 2007 (8 photos)

... could blame Russia for imposing nonsensical boundaries that weave to and fro and include doughnut inholdings. As Osh was remote from the other parts of Kyrgyzstan, the city gets its gas from Uzbekistan, a few kilometers away in the Fergana Valley. But ...

To Osh
Sep 20, 2009

... and descents back down to the plains. People selling melons, gourds, squashes, pumpkins line the road near the towns and villages. And then Osh. I get my usual "do I really want to be in a city feeling?" All I need is one thing to go wrong and I'll be on ...

Leaving Osh and Kyrgysztan
May 14, 2008 (32 photos)

... der Stadt, gepredigt haben, daher ein Pilgerort fuer Moslems). Es gibt aber nichts historisches hier mehr. Einen Lenin besitzt Osh aber auch noch:-) Letzte nacht ist der Strom ausgefallen und bis jetzt (es ist gleich 18 Uhr) nicht wieder eingeschaltet ...

Bazaar day
Sep 21, 2009 (11 photos)

... across every day in the steppes! It houses a museum. Another grey Soviet monstrosity is close by, also on the must visit list in Osh. I'm satisfied with my morning in the bazaar and my purchase of a petrol can, well can, just in case I need to carry fuel ...

Qui a dit que ca sentait le cheval ???
Aug 5, 2009

... avec des bazars qui n'ont plus rien de soviétique et retrouvent toutes leurs couleurs sur les étals de suzanis, kurpatchas, tchapans… De Osh, j'ai commencé ma remontée vers le Nord, avec une première étape à Arslanbob. Là encore, un village à 90% ouzbek, ce ...

Arrived in Osh
May 13, 2008 (27 photos)

Salam Aleikum, ich bin wohlbehalten in Osh angekommen, da ich in einem Mercedes Shared Taxi gefahren bin, waren es nur etwas weniger als 10h Fahrt fuer die fast 700km. Taxis haben ihre Preise ganz gut gesteigert (mit dem Oelpreis), da Busse / Minibusse ...

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgystan in one
Jun 14, 2008 (87 photos)

... Toktogul reservoir and through the Fergana Valley. We also passed through a number of small towns and Jalal-abad, Kyrgyzstan third largest city. As soon as I arrived at Osh late in the evening it had a good feel about it and a nice vibe. It felt much ...

Ain't no mountain high enough- part 2
Jul 4, 2008

... I bought some Calvados. It said on the label in French that it was made to a french recipe and it also said Produce of Kyrgyzstan. It tasted like rocket fuel and even with cherry juice it blew your head off but it helped us all to sleep that night when ...

Wash in Osh
Sep 15, 2006

... in a ravine which was great, but the final day we followed a reservoir for hours, alongside the cobalt blue lake [PICS] Osh was a bit dull so I spent most of the time there trying to wash the smell of horse out of my clothes. Unsuccessfully. Only ...

Holiday!!!!!!!!
Apr 1, 2007 (35 photos)

... (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 ...

The country with the million dollar smile
Aug 16, 2005 (2 photos)

... group could speak Russian so we could engage in conversation. The most noticeable thing about these people and many others in Kyrgyzstan is that they have some gold teeth. When they visit the dentist instead of fillings they get new gold teeth. There ...

The longest border crossing ever
May 15, 2007

... Kyrgyz ou l on doit nous tamponne notre passeport parce que pendant ce temps, nous ne sommes toujours pas officielement rentre au Kyrgyzstan. Comme nous sommes en regle avec notre visa et meme si l on ne parle pas russe le tampon arrive enfin. Les soldats ...

Osh gosh and potentially oh my gosh
Sep 22, 2009 (12 photos)

... the 1st, and so I imagine the next week is going to be eventful. I had been dreading having to cycle up some of the worst roads in Kyrgyzstan, up to a pass of over 3600 metres, and it looks like I may now not have to - it could be a truck that I take up. ...

Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Sep 13, 2008

... , consisting of a mix of rice, vegetables, meat and garlic. Very tasty!   DAY 101 "It's a long way.." Kokand to Osh (Kyrgyzstan) - (180km) ..if you are riding a bicycle to Osh 180km to be exact is what we had to cycle including yet another border ...

Resting in Osh
Aug 15, 2006

... could do some travelling together - I didn't have that opportunity with mine. I was content for not doing anything in Osh. I visited a few restaurants, eating all kinds of local dishes: - manty = dumplings (like Peking ravioli) filled with meat - ...

Osh
Jul 18, 2006 (14 photos)

Osh is Kyrgyzstan's second city and was the centre of some serious violent clashes between the Uzbeks and Kygyz people in 1990 although it's difficult to believe that now. We have seen some serious weaponry here - the border guards and militia at road- ...

Kyrgyzstan!
Jul 20, 2009

... I made it out of Uzbekistan! There is in fact a fair bit of onternet here so I will update again most like. I traveled to Osh from Tashkent with 2 fench brothers and 70 boxes of soap(cargo on the bus), eventually making it to Osh late saturday night. Our ...

The Dominican Republic of Central Asia
Mar 2, 2007 (20 photos)

... , Kyrgyzstan was great and I can't wait to go back...which will actually be next week, as I take a 2 week vacation to Kyrgyzstan and then (hopefully) to Uzbekistan (depends on the visa...as an American devil, it is difficult for me to get a visa).& ...

Third Time's a Charm!!!
Jul 12, 2005 (7 photos)

... just go their own way the next day. I guess that's one of the things I love about traveling..... So, here I am in Kyrgyzstan. I have about two weeks to do some trekking around Lake Yssyk-Kul before I have to start making my way back towards Shanghai ...

Rolling in Raspberries in Osh
Aug 17, 2008

... asleep next to the dinner table, waking to crawl to our tent and sleep again under the wide starry skies. Bliss! Kyrgyzstan has been our most freely adventurous country. So easy to get around, so easy to meet awesome travellers and wonderful locals, so ...

Osh
Jul 20, 2008 (1 photos)

G'day all, We are in Kyrgyzstan and enjoying a bit of different scenery. It is a lot more russified than we had anticipated - not that this is a bad thing. Our journey yeserday from Kashgar over the border through the Irkershtam pass was fantastic. It ...

Osh - our first taste of Kyrgyzstan
Aug 11, 2009 (9 photos)

... a car seat was – none of us felt any different to how we had down in Murghab. The crossing from Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan took an age, mostly as a result of our driver and his little bottle disappearing into the border guards quarters with the head ...

Borders and Osh
Jun 11, 2007

Nurbeks

Trajet Bishkek-Osh : une épopée
Jul 29, 2003 (4 photos)

Salut à tous, pour faire plus locale, j'ai décidé de prendre un taxi partagé pour aller de Bishkek à Osh (sud du pays) plutôt que prendre un avion (j'ai économisé 5$ top!!!). Il y a, en théorie, 8 heures de voiture. Donc je me pointe très tôt à ...

Kyrgyzstan
Jul 25, 2007 (151 photos)

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Osh
Aug 17, 2008

hi, here are some pics from Osh (the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan) Enjoy! More information is coming soon... Tanja

... patience... let's go to Tadjikistan!
Aug 15, 2009 (23 photos)

Patience was never my strengths.... it took already hours to upload some pictures and now I have no energy to comment my pictures, but as they are uploaded, I publish them without text. Yes, finding a fast internet connection is as hopeless as getting a ...

To Irkeshtam Pass - China - Krygyz border
Jun 24, 2009 (7 photos)

June 24 Kashgar to Irkeshtam Pass Today we are supposed to make it to Kyrgyzstan which is more than 300km away from Kashgar. We really shouldn't have gone out last night. It’s 11AM local time and we’re not even up. Both Liu Chang and I got bad ...

Kirguicklandia
Sep 5, 2008 (1 photos)

Passem una nit a Andijon i una a Osh, lultima ciutat uzbeca i la primera kirguica, dos mons a la mateixa vall de Fergana, separats per la frontera de la por, que ha resultat un placid transit a peu per les casetes tranquiles dels policies d ambdos costats. ...

Osh
Jun 11, 2006

entry pending From Aristanbob we proceeded to Osh, which is the last stop in Kyrgyzstan. There's a big rock on the horizon where Muhammad supposedly prayed once, a big market, and not much else. We've seen a few people in headscarves and sporting pious ...