How to travel to Kyrgyzstan? What to do in Kyrgyzstan? What to eat in Kyrgyzstan? Here are all the practical tips you need to know for traveling in Kyrgyzstan. Located on the Silk Road, between the West and the East, Kyrgyzstan mixes the different cultures brought by merchants from all corners of the world for centuries as well as during the Mongol occupation. The physique of the inhabitants is thus a mixture of Mongolian, Chinese and Turkish influences with Mongolian predominance, especially in the countryside. Former republic of the USSR, the older generation is fluent in Russian and the Cyrillic …

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Imagine. Surrounding you, long and arid steppes of Central Asia extend as far as your eye can see. Mountains go to above 4’000m. Your faithful steed gallops at full speed. Okay, galloping was not on the first day, nor for the climb … But you get the scene. The horse is king in the Kyrgyz countryside. Every child rides almost as soon as he knows how to stand up and as soon as he is 8 years old puts you to shame immediately. A horseback ride was a must-do activity in this country – especially as Céline was riding when …

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To start a journey around the world in the easiest possible way, the best is to choose a country where you understand a bit the language, where people speak English easily, where the alphabet is the same as yours and where the quality of infrastructures is close to the one you are used to. In other words, the logical choice would not necessarily be on a Central Asian country, also often called the ‘Stan. That being said, it is in Kyrgyzstan, more precisely in Bishkek, that our journey began. The choice was motivated by the climate in this part of …

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