Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide: Palatka Glacier, Lake Song-Köl & Torugart border crossing

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Kyrgyzstan is featured in The Long Road to Cullaville

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Chapter 8 · Bear in the road

Getting into Kyrgyzstan was a challenge because of a civil war, but once I braved that, I had a dangerously close encounter with a bear in the remote, wild mountains in the east. This adventure earned its own place in The Long Road to Cullaville.

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Ala-Köl hike
Sometimes, seeing the goal of a hike from a distance without reaching it, can be good as long as the hike is good ... [more]
Solomon Throne
Since visitors had effectively disappeared from the city in the aftermath of the clashes just before, I was the ... [more]
Arslanbob
The green, woody area of Arslanbob makes for good hikes through the largest walnut forest of the world, with two ... [more]
Przewalski monument
Known mostly because of the cute horses, Przewalski was actually an explorer who died on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kol. ... [more]
Karakol mosque
Close to China, it is perhaps not strange to find Chinese influences in Kyrgyz architecture. Yet, the mosque of ... [more]
Torugart border crossing
The Torugart crossing is not your regular border crossing and needs some preparation and paperwork, but is worth ... [more]
Palatka Glacier
What seemed an easy walk in a pristine alpine valley in the Kyrgyz mountains turned out to be one of the biggest ... [more]
Victory Monument
A monument with a message about war, the Victory Monument on Victory Square is well worth a stroll from the city ... [more]
Tash Rabat
Tucked away in a narrow valley, the former caravanserai Tash Rabat stands as a reminder of the Silk Road that ... [more]
Kyzyl-Art border crossing
It caused me lots of headaches, and some nightly hours without sleep, but once I was on the way to the border ... [more]
Eagle hunting
While perhaps shocking to see at first, you cannot not be amazed at the hunting capacities of an eagle - and you ... [more]
Lake Song-Köl
Second in size and centrally located in Kyrgyzstan, Song-Köl is the place to get the true sense of the country: ... [more]

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Capital	Bishkek
Population	7,30 mln
Surface	199,951 sq km

Languages	Kyrgyz, Russian
UTC offset	UTC+6
Currency	Soms (KGS)

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