What to eat in Kyrgyzstan
If you’re looking for food tours in Osh or curious about some of the national dishes, here are my tips on what to eat in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan
Finding Sary-Chelek Lake
In the Western Tien-Shan Mountains, you’ll find one of the most beautiful places in Kyrgyzstan – a UNESCO biosphere and World Heritage Site.
Marketing a sacred mountain
It’s been worshipped for at least 1500 years but perhaps this mountain was declared sacred just to attract Silk Road travellers?
Weddings in Kyrgyzstan – communist style
This strange-looking building in Bishkek was where you could get married when religion was banned. So what’s it like inside now?
Soviet murals in Osh
In the city of Osh, enormous murals created during the Soviet years cover the walls of buildings. But make sure you look closely.
Bishkek’s Soviet symbols
In the buildings of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, you can still see the legacy of the Soviet Union’s control of this city.