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Central Asia

Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan - Ala Archa National Park

November 29, 2015
Ala Archa National Park is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan mountains about 40 km south of Bishkek. This nature reserve spans about 20,000 hectares. Mountains, rivers and pine forests pretty much sum it up. We initially approached the hostel for the cost of getting to Ala Archa, from memory they...

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Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan - Independence Day

November 22, 2015
We got back to Kochkor from Song Kul on 31st August, Kyrgyzstan's Independence Day, low in funds and the money chargers were closed! Well, Kochkor is a small town but anyway, thank goodness for working ATM machine. ^^ Getting back to Bishkek is pretty much the same way - find a shared taxi...

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Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan - R&R at Song Kul

November 17, 2015
Kyrgyzstan is the first country we travelled to in Central Asia and rightly so as we want to fit in this yurt stay in Song Kul before the shepherds pack up to leave before it gets too cold. So we have fitted this rest & relax time at the beginning of our trip....

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Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan - Yurt stay at Song Kul

November 15, 2015
Song Kul in late August Song Kul is an alpine lake in Kyrgyzstan, located in the northern Naryn Province. It is the second largest lake after Issyk Kul and the largest fresh water lake. It lies at the altitude of 3016 m, about 3 hours by car from Kochkor. Given the altitude, we...

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