{"id":1897,"date":"2019-10-24T16:45:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:56:15","slug":"bishkek-kyrgyzstan-back-to-city-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/10\/24\/bishkek-kyrgyzstan-back-to-city-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishkek \u2013 Back to city life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1897\" class=\"elementor elementor-1897\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f49337a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f49337a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48fb5f05\" data-id=\"48fb5f05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6971b00 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6971b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 8, 2019\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 34\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBishkek, Kyrgyzstan\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5827 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1cb03c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c1cb03c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin\">After spending a lot of time in the nature and small places lately, we didn\u2019t get too excited about staying in Kyrgyzstan\u2019s capital, Bishkek. We still enjoyed the things that a big city can offer \u2013 or at least we tried to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting to Bishkek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/10\/12\/issyk-kul-lake-bogonbayevo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"In Bokonbayevo (opens in a new tab)\">In Bokonbayevo<\/a> we went to the bazar where all the minibuses are leaving and asked for a ride to Bishkek. Soon we were surrounded by drivers that wanted to offer their services. We negociated a shared ride for 250 som (3,4\u20ac) per person by one of the minibuses. There were already a granny and a mom with a child waiting for the departure. The bus filled slowly but after 45 minutes it was full and we were ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beginning of the journey we could still admire the views over the Lake Issyk-Kul. After some five hours we were approaching Bishkek. We got lucky, as we realized that the minibus was going to pass near our accomodation and the driver agreed to drop us off at the crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spent another half an hour searching for our hostel, which was marked wrong on the map. The hostel was nice but almost empty, as the season was over. Therefore we got an upgrade to a bigger room with a garden view. The owner was planning to throw a barbeque party the next day and was insisting us to join it. We had to turn the offer down several times, as we didn\u2019t expect central-Asian barbeque to be very vegetarian friendly and also because we didn\u2019t want to spend our only whole day in Bishkek at our hostel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not too excited about Bishkek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The time in Bishkek passed fast and during that time we didn\u2019t get too excited about the city. We couldn\u2019t find much to do or to see there. We tried to look for some cultural program like theather, museums, opera etc., but all the places were closed. Usually eating and drinking are the best activities anyway, but this also got a bit ruined as we were \u201dtricked\u201d to eat chicken. But to be honest, we also found some amazingly good food and great beer in the city, which, indeed, was the one and only highlight there for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090835-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Some important building in Bishkek\" class=\"wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090835-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090835-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090835-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090835.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Some important building in Bishkek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090842-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Another important building in Bishkek\" class=\"wp-image-1882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090842-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090842-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090842-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090842.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Another important building in Bishkek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The food and beer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On our first evening in Bishkek, the owner of our hostel recommended us a Georgian restaurant called <strong>Purpur<\/strong>. As it was our first time eating Georgian food, we didn\u2019t know what to expect, but ended up discovering another yummy cuisine. This got us to dream about traveling to Georgia at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_181708-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"The Georgian mushroom and cheese filled dumplings and our amazing, half-eaten starter salad with peanut dressing\" class=\"wp-image-1875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_181708-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_181708-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_181708-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Georgian mushroom and cheese filled dumplings and our amazing, half-eaten starter salad with peanut dressing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another place we liked was called <strong>Save the Ales<\/strong>. It\u2019s a female run craft brewery with a nice garden. We liked the place so much that we visited it on our both evenings in the city. We tried their ipa, dipa, and m\u00e4rzen, as well as the blueberry and raspberry beers, and spent too big part of our travel budget there. Anyway, soon there won\u2019t be much beer available anymore, so why not to use the opportunity\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090817-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Save the Ales!\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090817-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090817-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090817-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090817.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Save the Ales!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090807-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The ipa and the dipa\" class=\"wp-image-1876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090807-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090807-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090807-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090807.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The ipa and the dipa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Osh Bazar and the desperate search for vegetarian food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a huge bazar in the outskirts of Bishkek, but we didn\u2019t go there. We chose to visit the smaller one, <strong>Osh Bazar<\/strong>, instead, which was also so big that we almost got lost in there. On the same go we wanted to check out the ride situation for the next day, as shared taxis to Osh\u2019s direction leave next to the bazar. The drivers tried to get us into some cars right away as we arrived there, so we figured it will be easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090822-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Outside of the Osh Bazar\" class=\"wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090822-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090822-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090822-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090822.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Outside of the Osh Bazar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090819-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The vegetable-alley of Osh Bazar\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090819-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090819-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090819-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090819.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The vegetable-alley of Osh Bazar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also bought some snacks for tomorrow\u2019s ride and tried to find something vegetarian to eat. This is where we ended up eating chicken. We asked from several stands selling all kinds of pastries, if they had something vegetarian. The answer was always negative. We even went to a bigger restaurant with a long menu, including potato pelmeni. They didn\u2019t have the pelmeni and all the other hundred items contained meat. Finally we found a promising pastry stand. The seller woman answered <em>da<\/em> when we asked for veggie food. But despite the fact that we showed her a note written in Russian, stating specifically that we don\u2019t eat meat, including chicken, fish, bouillon and lard, she decided to sell us one of her potato and chicken-filled pastries. And as the chicken was mashed (she had probably prepared this treat from the worst parts of the chicken), we couldn\u2019t figure out straight away what it really was. Later, by writing&nbsp;<em>kuritza<\/em>, what she kept repeating, to Google Translator, we found out the true meaning of the word \u2013 and will never forget it. Luckily after that incident we found an Indian restaurant with a lunch menu near the bazaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2906-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The sneaky kuritza pastry in the lower left corner. Next to it is a yummy onion bread\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2906-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2906-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2906-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The sneaky kuritza pastry in the lower left corner. Next to it is a yummy onion bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other things we did in Bishkek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like already said, there was not much to do in Bishkek. We visited a place called <strong>Oak Park<\/strong> with old trees and some sculptures. Seri thought the sculptures were not even well made. We also managed to pick up headphones, that an old social work collegue of Seri had forgotten to one cafe a few weeks earlier. That\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090848-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A sculpture in the Oak Park\" class=\"wp-image-1883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090848-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090848-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090848-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090848.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A sculpture in the Oak Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leaving Bishkek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening before leaving we contacted the Community Based Tourist Office in Arslanbop, to arrange our stay in our next destination. The next morning we went early to the Osh Bazar to get a ride to Arslanbop. Things didn\u2019t work out quite as planned, which made our not-too-warm feelings towards Bishkek even colder. 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