Justins World

My last day in Kyrgyzstan, in the capital Bishkek. Other than the comforts of coffee and western food, a few parks and a couple of statues, there really isn’t much here for the traveller. I’d have left today or yesterday…

Today I wandered the city of Bishkek. Not a lot to see really, but some nice restaurants and bars are around and plenty of cheap eats as well. It was bloody hot though and we wandered into the Russian department…

Apparently, all was not well in the Song-Kul yurt camp. Mice had been terrorising some of my fellow travellers. I personally found the mice to be rather cute.  They also lived in burrows, making them hard to catch!I went for…

After a plate full of delicious pancakes for breakfast we visited the local felt shop.  Here you could buy funny Kyrgyz felt hats (check the photos), felt bags, felt carpets and random felt stuff.  The felt carpets felt wonderful under…

We drove out of the valley of the unicorns to drive the southern side of Issyk-kul and head to our homestay in the town of Kochkor. Before that we had a fun day involving eagles and felt. We stopped on the…

With a whole day free in Jeti-oghuz, most of us decided to go for a hike. The hardcore trekkers left at 5am to try and reach the glacier, the more sane, left at 8:30am and then those who were enjoying…

After a lovely night stay and a few relaxing hours in hot springs we had to leave this valley via fake russian tank jeeps and head to the next valley along.  We drove down the shocking road where I thought I’d…

Today was hyped up to be a so called “tank camp”. The vehicle that showed up was a russian truck with the ability to inflate and deflate its tyres but it was far from a tank.  The vehicle also seated 2…

Today we drove to Karakol, firstly to visit the animal market. Without too much imagination, you can picture hoards of cows, sheep, goats, horses, people and other things. Cute baby goats though were the real winner. One of the girls…

First on today’s schedule of fun, was white water rafting with some Russian guides down the river.  We started right out the front of the campsite and headed down stream.  The river is glacial fed and absolutely freezing, so falling…