Latest when we had a one-night stop in a village called Bokonbayevo, we came to the conclusion that Kyrgyzstan is so beautiful and versatile that it’s crazy. We decided to have a stop there because we wanted to see the Lake Issyk-Kul on our way from Karakol to Bishkek. But we had not been expecting …
We were looking forward to do some trekking around Karakol and decided to hike up to the settlemet of Altyn Arashan, nestled at 3000 metres on the Tian Shan mountain range. The 15-kilometre-hike passed through beautiful, autumnal alpine scenery. On the top we found a simple home-stay with our own yurt and a semi-private hot …
Hike to Altyn Arashan – Mountains, yurts and more hot springs Read More »
Our plan for the next two days was to get from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Karakol, Kyrgyzstan through the remote Karkara border and to have an overnight stop at the famous Charyn Canyon on the way. This was not the easiest way to get to Kyrgyzstan as most parts of this route wouldn’t be covered by …
Way to the Kyrgyz border pt. 1 – Canyon adventures and surprises Read More »
There is so much nature around Almaty that you could spend weeks in the city doing day trips to nearby natural attractions. It also seems to be a popular way for the locals to spend their free time. We visited two natural attractions next to Almaty: The Big Almaty Lake and the Butakovka Waterfall. The …
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We had a nice and relaxing overnight train ride from Nur-Sultan to Almaty in the second class of a modern Kazakh speed train in a very good company. When we arrived in Almaty, we got instantly good vibes about the city. It was warm, sunny and green. We were looking forward to a little bit …
When we boarded our train from Russia to Kazakhstan in Yekaterinburg, we had the first time on this journey the feeling, that we were already far from home. It turned out that the train was not headed only to Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, that was going to be our stop, but all the way to Tashkent …
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