Postcard from Bishkek

There are a few reasons to take this road: It provides a cross-country route between the Northeast (Issyk Kul) and Southwest (Osh) corners of the country, avoiding the need to travel via Bishkek. The landscapes and villages are different from other, well visited, places and they look remote and untouched. You can visit the Saimaluu-Tash [...]

“Who drinks Kumys will live a century” “Kumys is man’s blood, air is his mind” To some people it is just fermented mare’s milk, but to the Kyrgyz it is a symbol of their nationhood – a gift from god from which they derive energy and inner strength. Today, variations are also made from camel’s [...]

The “Camel Cheese Crew” from “What took you so long?” are here! I wrote a few weeks ago about the project – they are making a series of films about pastoral lifestyles around the world through the theme of Camels and in particular cheese made from camel milk.  On their travels they are passing through [...]