The Alton Bishkek

30 Manas Rd Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Mutton, Missiles and Miss-directed fear

A travel blog entry by wolfpackofone

7

... The next morning my new resolve finds its first target.
It's Independence day in Kyrgyzstan and the populace are out in force to celebrate 20 years since the fall of the U.S.S.R and ultimately the re-establishment of an independent Kyrgyzstan.
The celebrations are as bizarre as a can be for a middle class white boy from Sydney's "insular peninsular".
The sounds of a fighter jets' engine explodes above the city as people push and shove their way through ...

Defeated by the Mountain

A travel blog entry by gearoids

4

... followed the river for around 3km until another joined it. It was too much to go back and cross over at the entrance of the gorge so we decided to fjord it. I went first and at about a foot from the other side didn't I loose my footing and half fall, twisting my ankle but managed to grab some rocks and pull myself to safety. Dan was next. Crossed once and went back and then once more, this time carrying Min ...

Cheers in the 'stans

A travel blog entry by tomandamy

1

... only about 20 minutes. First impressions of Bishkek were that it was quite modern in some ways as it has a few nice looking bars and restaurants but it still seems very rural for a capital city with broken pavements and greenery everywhere. We ended up going to Metro bar for drinks and dinner - it is a US ex-pat bar and was like the tv show Cheers but in Kyrgyszstan. Everyone in there only spoke English. Its run by an OTT ...

Wandering Hands

A travel blog entry by gearoids

4

... take a bus to the next biggest town up the road and bus hop it to Bishkek.  We called the brute back, pretending we needed water drinker bag and just grabbed them and told your man where to go. Ireland 1 - Taximan 0  A bus ride and another fairer priced taxi got us dropped to our guesthouse in Bishkek. Unfortunately it was full but they had a second place, so we crashed there and returned to the house to go drinking with ...

The summer school

A travel blog entry by iss.umd

... gushed forth. Kyrgyzstan still maintains its aura of being a land that time has not damaged but preserved. Alongside the traditional but modern capital city of Bishkek with its tall buildings and wide tree-lined boulevards, a city peppered with adorable streets, gardens, parks with trees bursting from every corner imaginable.




The summer school allows everyone the opportunity to pursue the ...

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