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🇰🇬Country #14
Kyrgyzstan
19
19 days
11
11 places visited
€550
€550 spent
88
Photos
Kyrgyzstan's alpine landscapes and nomadic culture captivated us. Sleeping in yurts under millions of stars was magical.
Highlights
- ✦Stargazing in the mountains
- ✦Staying in yurts
- ✦Horse trekking
Blog Posts
Heights of Alay Valley Trek: Five Days of Passes, Storms, and Slovakian Friends
A 5-day trek through Kyrgyzstan's Alay Mountains — three mountain passes, two storms, a jeep that needed river water to cool down, and fried bread baked by a Kyrgyz family in their yurt.
6 min
Lake Sary-Chelek: Two Nights Wild Camping (and Two Hours Waiting for a Ride)
After the Pamir and Alay, we badly needed rest — then motivated ourselves for one beautiful alpine lake in western Kyrgyzstan. Getting there was easy; getting back was a two-hour ordeal on the roadside.
5 min
World Nomad Games 2018: The Olympics of the Steppe
Six presidents, 70+ nations, eagle hunting, Kok Boru (horse polo with a goat carcass), and a spectacular opening ceremony — we got lucky enough to witness the World Nomad Games in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.
6 min