Osh (Ош)
Sunday, June 29, 2014 We arrived in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, around 2:30pm. The previous night we had no Internet and did not have any hotels in mind. So our plan was to head to a coffee shop, get some…
Kyrgyzstan
Caroline’s 50th Birthday
I figured this event merited its own entry 🙂 Never in my 50 years had I envisioned being in Kyrgyzstan on this day! Let alone in ‘Hotel Turist’ in Kara-Köl, halfway between Bishkek and Osh, on the Eve of my…
To Osh (Ош)
Saturday, June 28, 2014 We said goodbye to Nomad Hostel and Bishkek and started our drive towards Osh. Getting out of the city took some time, as it usually does, even here there was urban sprawl. Shortly after clearing most…
Back in Bishkek (Бишкéк)
Thursday, June 26, 2014 We stayed at Nomad Hostel again, checking in just after lunch. In the afternoon we went for a long walk in search of three places, 1) A french style restaurant where we planned to have dinner,…
Around Lake Issyk Kul (Ысык-Көл)
Monday, June 23, 2014 We left Bishkek and headed east towards Issuk-Köl, the lake in the north-east of Kygryzstan. The lake is huge and we planned 4 days to drive around it, putting us back in Bishkek on Friday (June…
Bishkek (Бишкéк)
Saturday, June 21, 2014 We had pre-booked a guesthouse that is a favorite with overland travelers called Nomads and headed straight to it based on GPS coordinates kindly provided by Craig. We arrived to find they did not have our…
Across the Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan Border
Saturday, June 21, 2014 It is always good to start a border crossing day with a coffee. So we did. The 200-odd km drive to the border was on very good roads, but with the usual dangerous drivers, slow trucks,…