This blog mentions relatively little about where I'm going. I also realize that the map posted to your left is not very helpful either. So break out your atlas and come along for the ride.
After leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan, I cycled east opting to cross the border into Kyrgystan on the eastern side of Lake Issy Kul (may be spelled many different ways) to avoid all the traffic going to Bishkek. Yesterday I crossed into Kyrgystan in the Karkara Valley and am now in Karakol.
From here I will head back west along the southern shores of Lake Issy Kul with detours to see the poetic 'Valley of Flowers' and the beach in Tamga. Then continue on to Kochgor, Kyrgystan. If I can find the salt caverns at Sharhta Tuz, I'll stop there too. After all, I'm on vacation.
From Kochgor, I'll head south climbing the mountains that divide nothern and southern Kyrgystan to Naryn. From Naryn a rough road heads east to Jalal Abad. Then Ill zig zag back south to Osh.
The road south of Osh will lead my straight through the village of Sary Tash and into the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. I'll follow the Pamir Highway through Murgab and Khorog then along to Dushanbe. Where I hope to find a beer and a well deserved rest.
After leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan, I cycled east opting to cross the border into Kyrgystan on the eastern side of Lake Issy Kul (may be spelled many different ways) to avoid all the traffic going to Bishkek. Yesterday I crossed into Kyrgystan in the Karkara Valley and am now in Karakol.
From here I will head back west along the southern shores of Lake Issy Kul with detours to see the poetic 'Valley of Flowers' and the beach in Tamga. Then continue on to Kochgor, Kyrgystan. If I can find the salt caverns at Sharhta Tuz, I'll stop there too. After all, I'm on vacation.
From Kochgor, I'll head south climbing the mountains that divide nothern and southern Kyrgystan to Naryn. From Naryn a rough road heads east to Jalal Abad. Then Ill zig zag back south to Osh.
The road south of Osh will lead my straight through the village of Sary Tash and into the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. I'll follow the Pamir Highway through Murgab and Khorog then along to Dushanbe. Where I hope to find a beer and a well deserved rest.
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