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 […]
Almaluu Yurt Camp
The Almaluu Yurt Camp is located in the middle of nature, far from settlements. As we come out of the yurt at sunrise, veils of mist rise and open up the view of the mountains of the Tian Shan. The Issyk-Kul lake is 500 meters away. In eastern direction are some paddocks. At any time, […]
From Burana Tower to Almaluu Yurt Camp
After leaving Burana Tower, we drive back to the city of Tokmok and turn east. On the way there we pass a cemetery. Later we will see more of them. We are surprised, whether more people than in other regions die here. But that is not the case. Here, one prefers the burial, while the […]