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The Five Stans Tour - Kyrgyzstan

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September 8th 2016
7-8-16This morning we left our hotel in Almaty to travel towards the peaks of the Tian Shan Mountains, a vast mountain range, nearly 2,500 km long that creates a natural border between China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. We crossed the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at Black River into Kyrgyzstan following the Chu River before oddly traveling back into Kazakhstan for about a hundred metres before the t ... read more

Asia » Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek

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A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Nation-wide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the oust... ... read more