Postcard from Bishkek

Prospect Chui is the one of the main thoroughfares of the city.  It stretches along the entire length of the city from East to West.  Entering the city from the West it carries the main road from Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Taraz (formerly Djambul in Kazakhstan) and Kara Balta (Kyrgyzstan – and hence the main road from Osh).  After [...]

Bishkek does not have regular organised city tours – although as a capital city it does have it’s fair share of interesting, important government building, museums, theatres, shops, monuments etc.  The city centre is quite small and can easily be walked.  A walk around the city centre along the following itinerary covers most of the [...]

I came across an interesting article recently which proclaimed that “the best way to explore a city is on foot.”   I thought to myself, “how true”, although I was a bit surprised by some of the editor’s selections for ten of the best cities for walking in, (Florence, Dubrovnik, Paris, New York, Vancouver, Munich, Edinburgh, [...]