The small town of Karakol, east of Issyk-Kul Lake, was the nicest surprise of our trip in Kyrgyzstan. Since the highlight of our Kyrgyzstan adventure was supposed to be the horse-riding trek, we hadn’t given much thought to the rest…
The small town of Karakol, east of Issyk-Kul Lake, was the nicest surprise of our trip in Kyrgyzstan. Since the highlight of our Kyrgyzstan adventure was supposed to be the horse-riding trek, we hadn’t given much thought to the rest…
Kyrgyzstan hadn’t really been on my radar until a good friend of mine brought it up. She’d been…
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23 April 2024
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For the past few years, it has been fashionable to seek out places to observe cherry blossoms outside…
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