The most beautiful parts of Kyrgyzstan
Naryn, Kochkor and At-Bashy, Kyrgyzstan
If you like mountain road trips, visit Naryn.
ACCELS Kyrgyzstan
is one of the best assignments for a Program Recruiter I love
Osh, but the road trips to the Naryn region were the favorite part of my recruiting trips. You
get to see many different types of mountains even after 30 minutes. Naryn is a beautiful
town surrounded by mountains. At-Bashy and the Tien Shan Mountains are amazing.
Road trip to Naryn
On the way we met this Kyrgyz man who allowed us to take a picture of him on his horse.
On this trip, I was escorting an American teacher, so we made a lot of photo stops. This
guy approached us after the teacher wanted to take a picture of the Muslim cemetery.
Winter was here already. You can see patches of snow in the foothills.
So many different types of hills and mountains.First time I saw Kyrgyz kids riding a donkey with a full load.Not a volcano.
Kochkor
We wanted to stop over in Kochkor since Erika, one of the participants, came from
Kochkor. We did not have the time on each trip.
Dolon Pass
Here is our faithful driver, Vlodya. He took us around most of northern Kyrgyzstan. I
miss him since we never said goodbye. He got into an accident a couple of days before I
left Kyrgyzstan.
These cute Kyrgyz kids posed for us on Dolon Pass.It was cold up here.Here is Vlodya, the American teacher I was escorting, and I together on Dolon Pass.
Naryn
As you will see, Naryn is located in between the Naryn Too. The Naryn River runs right
through the town. Naryn is a poor town. We stayed at the Celestial Mountain Inn, the
only place where we could get a meal.
Naryn Mosque
We stopped by the Naryn Mosque. Several Kyrgyz boys offered to be my tour guides. They
took me up in the minaret where I got a good view of Naryn.
My tour guides.View of Naryn from the minaret.The famous Naryn River becomes a confluence for the Syr Darya in Uzbekistan.
I never crossed this bridge over the Naryn River.
At-Bashy
The Naryn Too on our way to At-Bashy was amazing.This sign is of President Akayev, the president of Kyrgyzstan. I am not sure why it was
there.
Here is a view of At-Bashy with the Tien Shan Mountains in the background on our
arrival.
More Tien Shan Mountains.More pictures of At-Bashy.Here are my final shots of the Tien Shan Mountains. I wanted to go to Kashgar.
Unfortunately, we had no time. We needed to head back to Naryn.
Reflection
As you can tell by the photos, this was my favorite part of my job in Kyrgyzstan.