The main reason people go to Uzbekistan is for the history. You go to Kyrgyzstan for the horses, to Tajikstan for the people, to Kazakstan for- I don’t know, but if you want grand buildings and stunning history, then Uzbekistan’s got you. The perhaps most prominent town is Samarkand. It is known because Amir Timur, …
There was a point in our travels where the end of the planned part of our journey was looming nearer and we thought- what now? Stick to the plan and go to Pakistan? Skip Pakistan and go directly to India? Go somewhere else entirely? Unfortunately, both of us hate hate hate planning things like that, …
Tashkent was our next big destination, one we have been looking forward to ever since people have told us how great it is. We booked ourselves a walking tour and learned all about this ancient citys history. The city was founded in the times where caravans still brought spices from China all the way to …
This one is for the people who actually care about the “roll” part of our “roll and travel”. To recap, for those of you that don’t know: Fred and I both train BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) quite frequently at home and love to explore new gyms when we’re on the road. So, here are our …
After our Bishkek trauma, we hopped on a bus (again) and rode it all the way into the next country- Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan ist known to be the wealthiest of the “Stans” and it’s the 9th largest country on earth when it comes to pure size. Its capital, Astana (or Nur-Sultan, as it is still sometimes …
So after all that nature stuff – hiking, horse riding, eagles, mountains and such – we thought we were ready for some city time. So we actually went to Bishkek. Bishkek is Kyrgystans capital and the biggest city with roughly one million inhabitants. It’s also conveniently located on the way to our next destination, Kazachstan …
The next stop for us was supposed to be Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. To out utter surprise, we couldn’t get a room there. It was really lucky that I checked- usually, our preffered method of finding a place to stay is to check where the histels are, maybe choose one or two in advance …
Karakol is a middle sized city in the East of Kyrgyzstan. It’s a bit of a travel hub for people wanting to explore the countryside which mostly consists *drumroll* of mountains. As does over 90% of the country. It is runoured that the most scenic hike of the route leads to the heights of Altyn-Arashan. …
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After our horse riding adventures, we desired nothing more than a shower- at least I did. So we wanted to get to the next (slightly) bigger city, called Kochkor. We asked about a bus, and it definitely exists- but not just right now. Great. So we decided to hitchhike. We didn’t have to wait long, …
Osh ist a beautiful, ancient city- and on the completely wrong side of the country if you want to get to Song Kul lake. So, our first order of business was getting there. Basically, there are two routes from Osh to Song Kul. One is geographically further, since first you go North, to Bishkek, then …