After peeling back the layers in Sary Tash, the Secrets of Central Asia began to show their true beauty.
On top of the world in Sary Tash
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Kyrgyzstan
Osh; Kyrgyzstan’s historic, troubled second city
Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second largest city, is also its most historic, but it finds itself in a fateful knot of borders.
Kyrgyz cuisine: not for the faint hearted
Anyone for fermented mare’s milk? Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Kyrgyz cuisine!
Dodgy dealings on the road from Bishkek to Osh
The road from Bishkek to Osh is a glorious mountain drive; relaxing, until you think you’ve arrived at a Kyrgyz drug den…
Lunch in a yurt at Lake Song-Kol
Lake Song-Kol is frozen for much of the year, but when the ice melts it attracts nomads from the lower pastures and trekkers from abroad.
Kochkor; not the Switzerland of the east
I once compared Kyrgyzstan to Europe- but after Kochkor, Switzerland would have a tough act to follow.
Going to the beach in Kyrgyzstan at Issyk-Kul
It will come as a surprise to many that landlocked Kyrgyzstan has beachside towns… welcome to Issyk-Kul!
Browsing Bishkek: under the skin of the Kyrgyz capital
Chess in the park, leafy streets humming, all in full gaze of Lenin; getting under the skin of Bishkek.
Bishkek, Central Asia’s loveliest capital
Tree-lined streets, grand Soviet buildings, and a relaxed, languid pace of life make Bishkek Central Asia’s loveliest capital city.