After 20 hours of travel, we've made it to Bishkek - our first destination in Central Asia! We flew from Budapest to Turkey, had a 6 hour layover, and then a 4.5hr flight to Bishkek, arriving here at 7.30am. We took our very first marshrutka from the airport to our hostel (the first of many over the next 2 months). We didn't sleep much on the plane so our first day here has been spent sleeping and making some final tweaks to our Central Asia itinerary. We were meant to come here back in 2020 (but then covid happened) and are so excited that we've finally made it!Read more