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Ala Kul Pass… Retrospective

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by yoyo.

Well, it took some time but I managed. thanks to my poor technical sills it took a long time, but still.
This was taken on the pass of Ala-Kul, in the Karakol trek (don’t remember- reminder). anyways, me and Nadav met a group of Polish travelers, who decided to go back down the mountain, because they [...]

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Kyrgyzstan Directory

Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by yoyo.

Ups: 1. Absolutly gorgeous scenery.
2. Diverse, beatiful and relatively accessible treks and hikes.
3. Great Central Asian food.
4. They actually have buses (well, mostly in the North). and some organized minivans in the South.
5. Many traveleres coming and going. interesting travelers.
6. Diverse human scenenry, Uzbeks (Fergana Valley), Tajiks (South), Kyrgyz(…), Dungans (Karakol) and even collonialist Russians [...]

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Karakol, Magnificent Karakol

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by yoyo.

Yeah, I know, it’s not like me to write such a bombastic headline. but we just got down from the mountains, and it was incredible.
We arrived in Karakol (the small town not too far of Issyk-Kol) with the night bus from Bishkek (hourly at least untill 11:00PM, 7 hours, East bus station, 255Som + 40Som [...]

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Altyn-Arashan Free Hot-Spring

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by yoyo.

Finding the free-of-charge hot pool is not difficult. the best way is to ask the guys in the Yak Tours cabin (the second big building coming from the South, or the first coming from the North). if they don’t help, use these directions.
1. Stand by the strange looking sign outside the Yak Tours cabin, the [...]

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Karakol Animal Bazar

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by yoyo.

The Sundat morning animal bazar (mal bazar= Kyrgyz) is a great way to see local Kyrgyz people in their real surroundings. go early, to catch the best sights.

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Ala-Archa excursion

Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by yoyo.

As always, we make plans- and God laughs. in this case, he laughs so hard he’s crying.
Wanting to trek in Ala-Archa canyon we, as always, planned the craziest trek possible in the region. well, almost the craziest. we were going to trek up Ala-Archa, cross Ala-Archa pass, down the stream and up to Alamudin pass, [...]

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Shana Tova- Happy New Year- Kyrgyz Style

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by yoyo.

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Kyrgyzstan Visa Extension

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by yoyo.

We have extended our Kyrgyz visas in Bishkek.
The building is on Toktogul 64a, corner of Ibraimov. the sign says something about visa department of Bishkek. you need to give a photocopy of info page and visa page, your passport and 1085 Som. they also request a letter of application, which means you need a blank [...]

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Osh and Arslanbob

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by yoyo.

After a very long and bumpy ride from Murgab (105 Somoni, 10hours), through a very strange border crossing where they never checked us we got to Osh at about 11:30. finding Osh Guesthouse wasn’t easy, and asking around only made more trouble as evferybody on the street was drunk.
The only thing worth mentionoing in Osh, [...]

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Sleeping

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by yoyo.

Osh: Osh Guesthouse: 220 Som dorms, double rooms available, the dorms are 3 bed rooms anyway. a small kitchen and laundry service (55 Som per Kg), it has a few apartments. it’s very hard to find. when you walk on Kyrgyzstan Str. up North from Zaina Betinova you will see on the left side a [...]

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