Come to the Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain to pray like they have been doing in Central Asia for centuries. The UNESCO World Heritage List includes...
Everything from Kyrgyzstan
Here you will find all Sandalsand’s articles from Kyrgyzstan. They include a photo album, videos, a World heritage site and regular travelogues.
Kyrgyzstan is a country in the region Sandalsand has defined as North, Central and East Asia. There are introductions to this region and other regions in the Destinations menu.
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VIDEO – Faces of Central Asia
This video with faces of Central Asia is a collection of primarily portrait photographs of people from the Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan and...
VIDEO – Kyrgyzstan – Osh to Bishkek
This video is from a drive from Osh and Bishkek, two low-lying towns in Kyrgyzstan. To get from one to the other involves driving through narrow as...
Pictures from Kyrgyzstan
This is a collection of pictures from Kyrgyzstan, the result of a trip in 2014 around the country and the capital. If you look up my articles from...
Bishkek and the valley of Ala Archa
Even a poor country has its proud monuments, and being the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek has a fair number of them. In addition, there is mighty...
Nomadic life on the mountain passes of Kyrgyzstan
Driving over the string of mountain passes of Kyrgyzstan from the fertile Fergana valley in the south we emerged on the plains in the north after a...
The fertile Fergana Valley
The Fergana valley is one of the world's most fertile valleys and always has been. In addition Stalin drew a map making it one of the most complex...
In search of the ancient Silk Road
This is about a trip on the Silk Road in the Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Marco Polo was here before me. The article is...