Day 230: Walk around Aral
2024年7月22日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
The little town is quite interesting to walk around. There is a fisherman museum that definitely worth a visit. It is a good place to learn more about how Aral Sea has changed over the years.
Day 230: Leaving Aralsk More
2024年7月22日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We went back to the Aralsk more station and waited for our overnight train ride to Turkistan!
Day 230: Overnight train to Turkistan
2024年7月22日, カザフスタン ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Definitely one of the most interesting train rides we had! Super communal, super friendly! All passengers were shocked we got on this 54-sleeper dormitory style train! The train was warm inもっと詳しく
Day 231: Arriving Turkistan
2024年7月23日, カザフスタン ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After 11-hour train ride, we arrived at Turkestan Train Station!
Day 233: Walk around Turkestan
2024年7月25日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
We walked around the city centre of Turkestan. The highlight was the UNESCO World Heritage, the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi! We could finally see the iconic picture that we could only find onもっと詳しく
Day 235: Ancient City of Sauran
2024年7月27日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
What a amazing adventure to this place! We got a collective taxi to this place and walked around tor 4 hours under the Sun. It is one of the silk road settlement. There were a lot of pottery pieces inもっと詳しく
Day 237: Turkistan Train Station
2024年7月29日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We were back to the Turkistan train station for our 17-hour ride to Bishkek 🇰🇬
Day 237: On our way to Bishkek
2024年7月29日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
It was definitely a long ride but it was also an interesting one. Our car was almost empty, only 7 people are going all the way to Bishkek. There were a few stops on the way that we could buy someもっと詳しく
Day 238: Arriving at Bishkek II
2024年7月30日, キルギスタン ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Bishkek II is a train station. There are 2 train station in Bishkek. Most trains stop at Bishkek II. At around 2am local time, we finally arrived safely. Now, it was a 2 km walk to the hostel!
Day 239: Walk around Bishkek
2024年7月31日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Random walked around Bishkek, we went to check out the Ballet and Opera Theatre. But the heat was defeating us, we were too tired. So we would explore more in the coming days.
Day 240: Dordoi Bazaar
2024年8月1日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
We didn’t plan to visit this place. But a friend that we met in the hostel recommended this place to us. We thought it would be an interesting, so we visited here by bus #226! It was as interestingもっと詳しく
Day 240: Victory Square
2024年8月1日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
📍Victory Square at Bishkek
Day 240: 🇰🇬 Parliament
2024年8月1日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
Day 241: Bishkek Central Mosque
2024年8月2日, キルギスタン ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
We didn’t know this giant mosque 🕌 exists in Bishkek. Its size is a bit smaller than the Blue Mosque in Turkey. But it is still stunning when visiting. It’s amazing to see all four doors wereもっと詳しく
Day 242: Western Bus Station
2024年8月3日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We went to the Western Bus Station in Bishkek early in the morning hoping to catch the mini-bus south to Toktogul. We read from online that there were mini-buses run at 10am,11am and 2pm. When weもっと詳しく
Day 242: Arrive at Toktogul
2024年8月3日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After 5 hours of bus ride, we arrived at Toktogul. First impression was that it was really a small town!
Day 243: Walk around Toktogul
2024年8月4日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We stayed in Toktogul for 2 nights to leave is a full day to explore Toktogul and Toktogul lake. We hiked the whole day and got a good view of the Toktogul Lake. On the way to the lake, we passed byもっと詳しく
Day 244: Toktogul Bus Station
2024年8月5日, キルギスタン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We were back to the bus station to catch a 7.10am to a transfer stop, Tash Komur, there is a daily bus there to take us to our final destination, a tiny village of Arkit!
Day 244: Tash-Komur
2024年8月5日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After 3 hours of bus ride, we arrived at Tash-Komur at 10.10am. Originally we thought the bus would drop us off at the bus station. But the driver was nice enough to ask us to get off on the highwayもっと詳しく
Day 244: Arkit
2024年8月5日, キルギスタン ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
After 2 hours of waiting for the bus and another 2 hours of bus ride, we were here, Arkit! It’s definitely an underrated place, we love the quietness and authenticity of this small village. Theもっと詳しく
Day 245: Walk around Arkit
2024年8月6日, キルギスタン ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We spent a day walking around this tiny village. It was really a surprise as it was so relaxing to be in the area. We took our walk easy today to prepare for a bigger journey to the lake tomorrow.
Day 246: Hiking at Sary Chelek Lake
2024年8月7日, キルギスタン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Arkit is the gateway to the Sary Chelek Lake. The journey was 15km by walk from Arkit. We attempted to walk a little bit, then we got a ride from a truck. We spent a day in the lake area and thenもっと詳しく
Day 247: Leaving Arkit
2024年8月8日, キルギスタン ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Time in Arkit flew by! We enjoyed our time there very much. It was, by far, one of the highlights in Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 We farewelled with our lovely host, Sabira, and caught our 6am bus heading to Osh.
Day 247: Lunch Break @ Jalal-Abad
2024年8月8日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The bus stopped here for a lunch break. We took the time to create some memories to the friends that we met on the bus
Day 247: Arriving at Osh
2024年8月8日, キルギスタン ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
After 7 hours bus ride, we were finally in Osh New Bus Station.