Country Info
- Bishkek
- Capital
- Som (KGS)
- Currency
- 4,753,003
- Population
- KG
- Country Code
Kyrgyzstan Slideshow
Kyrgyzstan
Travel Blogs from Kyrgyzstan
Lake Issyk Kul
... lake, nice homestay, dinner in a yurt... but lake issyk kul is too large to be scenic. it's like standing next to the sea, the water color doesn't lend itself to photographs either... not sure how this is supposed to be the #1 attraction in ...
Around Lake Issy Kol
A slight circumnavigation of part of Kyrgyzstan later, and I am back in Bishkek. Again. However, no more pottering about on jaunts, I have to head south. Not just for the winter, but also to get into China before my visa expires and the mountain pass ...
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 ...
Dishonesty abounds
... of wildlife and domestic animals. The roads were paved and the infrastructure seemed far superior to Tajikistan. The countryside was full of locals out enjoying themselves and the mountains dotted with yurts and horses. Kyrgyzstan was looking ...
A brief sojourn in Karakol
... 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 Russian style wooden ...
Capitale
... on passe au consulat d Iran mais on repart sans avoir rien engager. On essaiera bien de rentrer le jour meme au consulat du Kyrgyzstan mais nos noms sont inscrit pour le lendemain. Tant pis, on reviendra le lendemain matin a 10 h et nos noms sont ...
Lake Issyk-Koel, Part 1
Salam Aleikum, ah, Spass ist back, herrliches Wetter, tolle Landschaft und eine warme Dusche:-) Und Internet gibt es auch... Ich bin heute mit dem Minibus von Bishkek nach Karakol gefahren, das liegt im Osten von Kirgisien oestlich des Issyk-Koel ...
The ballad of Cholpon-Ata
... pot of green tea. It was decided that the following morning we would leave earlier than planned, pushing further east to Karakol, Kyrgyzstan's third city, located at the eastern end of Issyk-Kul. Cholpon-Ata had been a surprising introduction to the lake, ...
Homestay with Kyrgyz family
We've come back to the provincial town of Kochkor, famous throughout the country for its felt Shyrdak making. A Shyrdak is a felt cloth made from sheep's wool - a piece of felt is made by matting different colours of wool together ...
Cock? Da, Harashoe!
I just finished spending a full two days with a man who took me horsetrekking, near the town of Barskoon on the south side of Lake Yssyk-Kul. The horse trip was great, riding up in the foothills of big mountains with the deep-blue Lake Yssyk-Kul ...
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 ...
Cholpon-Ata
To say our stay in an old Soviet sanatorium on the banks of Lake Issyk-kul was an experience would be understating the fact. We were all looking forward to some R&R after the rigours of more bushcamping - what we got was a cross between that classic ...
Au milieu de nulle part
On arrive vers 17h a Kochkor sous la pluie et on se dirige directement vers le CBT (Community Based Tourism) qui nous propose des logemement chez l habitant. Catte agence a un programme tres interessant de homestay en ville ou dans des yurts a la ...
Bishkek
... the gradient I noticed the huge number of wild flowers carpeting the mountainside, the wild animals watching us (unfortunately, although Kyrgyzstan boasts the world's second largest population of Snow Leopards in the world, we didn't spot one) and just ...
Into the hills
Leaving the luxury of our homestay and Kochkar. We journey out towards the Torugart Highway. This leads to our first bushcamp, which happened to be one of the windiest of our journey. A beautiful sunset and a lovely dinner. It was great to be sat ...
Putting the bored into border crossing
DAY 14. AUGUST 15- SARY TASH Putting the bored into border crossing Finally the stomach bug that had spread throughout the group got me. I spent much of the night in the toilet and was not feeling too good when we got our 5.30am wake up call. We were ...
Nomading
... ; 72;н! we are here in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. random, I know. We crossed the Torugart pass separating Kyrgyzstan from China about a week ago and, after meeting our hilarious guide Omor, traveled north into the center of this tiny ...
The longest border crossing ever
... 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 ...
Karakol and first yurt experience
The hot and sweaty 7 hour shared taxi ride to Karakol in the east 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 ...
Tien Shan Mountains
... ) at 7439m. We found a beautifully secluded camp and set about putting up our tents and cooking dinner - as usual in Kyrgyzstan within minutes we'd been joined by several very smiley, inquisitive horsemen who came to check us all out and offer ...
Vodka and Speedos
We moved on from Bishkek to see Lake Issyk Kul. After a few hours driving through a mountain valley, the lake appeared in front of us. It was absolutely huge and completely blue for as far as you could see. As our bus was to Cholpon-Ata ...
Ouzbek visa
Nous sommes parti de Karakol vers 11 h en minibus pour 200 som. Le trajet a dure 9 h et ce fut penible. Arrive a la gare routiere on ne trouve pas de bus alllant dans notre direction alors on se decide a accepte l offre un peu trop cher d un taxi. ...
The country with the million dollar smile
... of our 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. ...
Stripping off in Krygyzstan.
... the bag inside and then gave it back with a grunt. Something to do with it being metal !! So far we have been in Kyrgyzstan for 3 days and I still haven't got any local currency. The tour guide is paying for everything for us and we are just running up ...
The moment that broke the Nomad's back!
... ;Up to this point I have had nothing but amazing things to say about the experiences I have had! We got in contact with a local Kyrgyzstan fellow via the site named Talay Omurov. We gave him a call and asked him if he was around and if he ...
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
... , 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 ...
Bishkek, Bishkek, Bishkek
Going, going, going back to Bishkek as Biggie Smalls might have said had he been born a Kyrgyz goat herder instead of a crack dealer from the bronx. It was easy to get back as we quickly heard the familiar call of Bishkek, Bishkek, Bishkek as ...
Osh gosh and potentially oh my gosh
... 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. ...
Adada
... cheval. Les choses se passent bien parce que la representante CBT du village est au bureau et apres avoir tirer de l argent ( Au Kyrgyzstan on peut avoir des dollars comme des som) pendant qu elle fait des course, on prend un taxi colectif vers Karalma. ...
Resting in Osh
While researching for the guesthouse with 4 other Japanese backpackers, we were stopped by the plain-cloth police. Unlike other travellers, my experience with the police was a pleasant one. They called the phone number of the guesthouse, and have them ...