We continue our guided city walk in Bukhara at the Ark Citadel and walk through Khodja Nurobobod Street to Poi Kalon. Poi Kalon The Poi Kalon is an ensemble of buildings, consisting of the Kalon Minaret with the Emir Alim Khan Madrasa right next to it. In front are the Kalon Mosque and the Mir-i-Arab […]
Guided City Walk in Bukhara – Part1
Bukhara is one of the oldest towns in Uzbekistan. UNESCO declared Bukhara the world cultural heritage, as ” the most complete example of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained largely intact.” History The region around Bukhara (Buxoro), Sogdia was initially part of the Achaemenid Empire, the First Persian […]
Fairy Tale Canyon – Skazka Canyon
After we learned how to set up a yurt and how to produce Shyrdaks, and a visit of the Bel-Tam Yurt Camp, a visit of the Fairy Tale Canyon, in Kyrgyz Kan’on Skazka, is on our agenda. For a while, we drive in the direction of the Karakol, before we turn right into a dusty […]
Bel-Tam Yurt Camp at Issyk-Kul Lake
The Bel-Tam Yurt Camp lies 5 km east of Bokonbaevo. We stayed overnight at the Almaluu Yurt Camp about 2 km away. But we want to take the opportunity to visit this camp. So we drive for lunch to Bel-Tam Yurt Camp. While Almaluu Yurt Camp is surrounded by greenery, Bel-Tram Yurt Cam is right […]
Yurt Building in Kyzyl-Tuu
A yurt is not comparable to a tent, but rather to caravans or campers used in the western world. With the difference that yurts exist already since the Bronze Age. We are in the center of worldwide yurt manufacturing, in Kyzyl-Tuu on Yssyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. The region produces yurts and ships them to anywhere […]
Traditional Felt Carpet Production
After breakfast, we drive from the Almaluu Yurt Camp to the nearby village Bokonbaevo, in the Karymshakova Street 69. Here is the craftsworkers’ collective Altyn Oimok (Golden Thimble), a non-governmental organization (NGO). It was founded by Janyl Baisheva. Janyl has made it her business to pass on the traditional Kyrgyz craft techniques, learned from older […]