I came here for the out doors and the mountains. I am at least a month too early. I knew when I booked the flights that I was early but they were soo cheap I took the chance. I was only adding Kyrg as an add on while Im in this part of the world. My real reason for coming this way is to see the Silk Road and the cities of Uzbekistan. The Soviets spent as little money as possible here and when they left the money just dried up. Corruption runs rampant in the gover...

I will come back here tomorrow and update Just wanted you to know where Iam. The hotel Im in is the best I have been in so far, it should be it is costing $25/night Bloody luxury. I'll put some pics up tomorrow and let you know what is happening. I was gonna go skiing cos they got heaps of fresh dry powder but it raining now and will turn to slush. When I arrived in Bishkek I was greated by a wall of taxi touts. Now I love taxi touts cos they can be helpful if y...