Great expansions and mountain lakes of the wild Kyrgyzstan.. Trip across Central Asia

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If, in addition to Central Asia want to know more about other countries that we visited at:<br /><br />WWW.PIEDISTANCHI.COM<br /><br />as well as valuable tips, beautiful pictures will take you through new cultures ...<br /><br /><strong>Bishkekstrong>: a city full of greenery, pleasant and quiet with Ukrainian-style buildings.<br />Curious to see how the Ala-Too Square is almost a parking lot for the various limou festively decorated for the many weddings that take place during the weekend.<br />In the same square, you can not miss the evening show where everything, including buildings of various colors light up and the water fountains dance to music.<br /><br />LAKE KOL-SONG: after being the CBT to agree what would be our tour of all'intreno egion we went to the bus station in <strong>Bishkekstrong>. Here taxis depart to various destinations. After three hours of travel, we arrive at our destination <strong>Kochcorstrong>. A small and sleepy village where the office of the CBT. From there, a jeep with our driver takes us in just three and a half hours. Finally we come to Lake Song-Kol, a jewel of the lakeside capital of Kyrgyzstan.<br />Under a beautiful clear blue sky was spreading meadows with endless features yurts (tents inhabited by shepherds kyrghyzi). Hundreds of sheep, cows and horses grazing peacefully in the fields while they were running about gay shepherds riding donkeys.<br />The sky is clear, the clouds appear as soft as cotton wool, white to look like cream. The silence of the lake, the vastness of the wilderness, seem to be in a beautiful painting in which the majesty of the mountains is the setting.<br /><br /><strong>Tash Rabatstrong>: after spending a day at the lake Song-Kul, we leave to achieve Narin. a lovely, quiet town, obligatory stop for those wishing to pursue the path to <strong>Tash Rabatstrong>, the last stop before crossing the Chinese border. Built in the 15th century, this cavanserraglio was a place of rest and refreshment for travelers and merchants.<br />Located in a beautiful valley, you can take a nice long rides.<br />By <strong>Tash Rabatstrong>, you can easily reach the Chinese border through the notorious passage Torugart.<br /><br />STEP Torugart: For those of us who wanted to cross the Chinese border by land from Kyrgyzstan is essential to schedule and achieve the Chinese have already seen the country of origin in order to avoid disappointment. And 'in fact is very important to have the support of an organization Kyrgyz (in our case, the CBT) to accompany you on the border on both sides, the Chinese media agency offices, and waiting for someone to lead you up to Kashgar, the first town we meet beyond the Chinese border.<br /><br />Crossing the border by land can be a bit complicated because of the mood of the Chinese soldiers on duty there. We for example have searched everything including the camera's memory card.<br />Calm and cool are the watchwords.<br /><br />WWW.PIEDISTANCHI.COM