Kyrgyzstan, such an amazing landscape and so much natural beauty; we enjoyed it a lot. But see yourself… 🙂 And as usual, music produced by Ali Raini! Wonderful as usual, thank you so much, Ali! Special thanks this time to Wiebke and Tobi, a) for the great time together and […]
Kyrgyzstan
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Issyk-Kul Lake, also called the Sea of the Kyrgyz and the second largest mountain lake on this planet (after Lake Titicaca). A huge lake with nice beaches and during the Soviet Union times a very popular vacation destination. For us, you may call us ignorant, a great stop for some […]
Tash Rabat, an old caravanserai from the 15th century at the Old Silk Road. Well, we had plenty of them while travelling in Iran, but still, Tash Rabat is somehow special. The whole area, but also the architecture looks different, so for us worth the visit. If you just go […]
Kel-Suu Lake, close to the Chinese border is a very special place; at least that is what we were told. To get there you need a special Chinese Border Permit which can be obtained from the CBT in Naryn with a couple of days lead-time and also the road to […]
After Lenin Peak we spent three days in Osh, basically doing maintenance work like final car checks after the Pamir Highway and updating our website, despite doing laundry. …but also getting the mandatory car insurance for Kyrgyzstan in place and enjoying some nice restaurants in the evenings. However, camping in […]
Lenin Peak, 7.134 metres high, and in earlier days on my mountaineering bucket list (but still on the to-do part), so I at least wanted to see it this time being in Kyrgyzstan. They pretend the road is doable up to the basecamp without a 4×4, well fortunately we drive […]