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 […]
A day trip to Uzgen
On the last day of our stay in Osh, we make an excursion to Uzgen, approximately 50 km northeastern of Osh. Before that, we have the chance to visit the office of Destination Osh, because our companion Abdullaev Atabek still has something to do there. Uzgen history Uzgen has only about 50,000 inhabitants but is […]
Guided walking tour through Barrio de la Latina
Barrio de La Latina, the name of the neighborhood in the center of Madrid goes back to Beatriz Galindo. Born in Salamanca, she was a writer, teacher, humanist and also interested in physics and mathematics. Beatriz Galindo was one of the most educated women at her time. In addition, she was very charitable, what she […]
Neolithic village of La Draga – Banyoles
La Draga is a Neolithic settlement in Banyoles, which was discovered in 1990 during construction work for the 1992 Olympics. The finds date back to the 6th millennium BC. It is the oldest Neolithic village in Catalonia and the only Neolithic village of the Iberian Peninsula in a lakeside environment. A settlement can be proved […]
Serinyà Prehistoric Cave Park
The Serinyà Prehistoric Cave Park, just a few kilometers north of Banyoles, is an interpretation center devoted to Solutrean culture (18000-15000 BC), one of the most advanced civilizations of the first Homo sapiens in western Europe. On the same site you find the prehistoric caves of Reclau. Therefore, the cave park also serves as educational […]