Asia Mountains Guest House Bishkek

I'm soooo relaxed. I sleep late and do a leisurely bit of catching up. I take the camera and explore Bishkek, the bits that I did not see on my way to/from the Russian consulate. In the morning clouds of dust rise as people sweep the pavements with brooms. The population appears to be incredibly young. Children, neatly dressed in uniforms go to school. Students hang around colleges and institutes talking animatedly, as ...

We have been in the spectacularly beautiful (and mercifully calm and serene) country of Kyrgyzstan for 4 days now, and at last, access to internet. Kyrgyzstan is not known for its dazzling cities or historical relics, but rather its stunning scenery of snow capped mountains, green hills, turquoise alpine lakes and rich pastures. We crossed over four days ago from the Torugat pass, a border crossing technically not open to foreigners, but as always in Asia, there ...

... all this go on? The boys invited us along and travelling as a four had its advantages in Kyrgyzstan - shared guide and taxi costs and the guarantee of quick departures. For us, there was the extra advantage of one of them speaking Russian! And so we began the first part of our Kyrgyzstan adventure.


At the Birds of Prey Festival turned put to include just three Golden Eagles and one Falcon, and we all began to understand that the definition ...

Salut a Tous,
L'ambiance a Bichkek est au beau fixe, avec bal musette et feux d'artifices tous les soirs, dans la perspective des elections presidentielles qui auront lieu dans deux jours. Dans mon avion sont arrives quelques observateurs dont je n'ai pas bien compris l'utilite puisqu'ils ne sont pas autorises a assister a quoi que ce soit sauf a se positionner a l'entree des bureaux de vote mais bon, ils avaient l'air tres fiers d'etre la en tous cas.
Pour la campagne rien n'a ete ...

... is the wide high-mountain valley (with average altitude of 3200 m) of Kyzyl-Su River, widely spreading for the distance of more than 100 km. Width of valley is 25 km in average. The valley restricted by the mountains of Allay Range from north and Zaalayskiy range – from south. The climate of the region is continental. At warm time of season, there are 70-80% of the solar days and day average temperature is + 28 degrees Celsius and +5 +8 degrees ...

In the world, there are very few mountains comparable by their beauty with this snow-clad giant. Words are flat and helpless when you talk of the Khan Tengri’s beauty. You must see it with your own eyes. The sunset at the Peak is stunning: surrounding mountains are drowning in the dusk while the Peak, dominating over all other mountains around, turns flaming red in the rays of the sitting sun and clouds ...

This trekking is designed for the fans of horse riding who are keen to visit picturesque, intact corners of nature. The trek takes place in the mountains of Western Tien Shan and comprises a vast area, including the Kirghiz natural sanctuary “Sarichelek”.
We start from the garden-clad Fergana valley, a pearl of Central Asia, through which the Great Silk Road passed. The ...

... did not add up to us.

Young people wearing flesh hugging t-shirts with lycra leggings and highest of heels strolled along the streets or freely embraced along the roadsides or in the parks. Like Tashkent, it was almost as if these young people had just discovered liberation. And it was hard NOT to notice. We were intrigued at the seemingly outrageous dress and behaviour in what we thought would be a very conservative nation.

As Alan so ...