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Community Based Tourism in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan-ItineraryI read about CBT Kyrgyzstan in my initial research on Kyrgyzstan. I filed it away as “Hmm, maybe, not sure it will work for us”.
By the time we got to Western China, nine months into our trip, the idea of spending a few days with a driver and staying in homes with all meals provided seemed very, very appealing. I sent an email to the folks in the Bishkek office.

The response was prompt, professional and friendly – as were all our interactions with CBT Kyrgyzstan staff.
I said that we were interested in hiking and horse-trekking.

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Osh Kyrgyzstan

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I should have read the itinerary provided by CBT Kyrgyzstan more carefully. How could I have thought that a guided tour of Osh would be a good idea after six hours in the car? All we needed was a lazy walk to stretch our legs. The kids nearly flipped when they heard that we were meeting a guide and that there were museums on the afternoon’s agenda.

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May Snow in Sary Tash

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The road from Irkeshtam Pass to Sary Tash, the first Kyrgyz town of any size, twists and groans up the Pamir Alay. The Pamirs in Tajikistan are visible on your left, the Tian Shan on your right. On the day we passed there was no line between earth and sky, the clouds and the snow just shifting shades of white and grey. We climbed into the clouds and back down into a world of color, the Alay Valley a flat, worn carpet of greens and browns. On a clear day you can see Pik Lenin standing tall over the valley, but not today.

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