Word: bishkek
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Very rarely on the road from an international airport to a capital city do you have to wait for an irate shepherd and his flock to pass. But then Bishkek is no ordinary capital. It's the Big Smoke of Kyrgyzstan-a country that makes up in character what it lacks in vowels...
...five former Soviet republics in Central Asia were in a beauty contest, Kyrgyzstan would win. This becomes obvious as you rumble down 30 kilometers of tarmac into Bishkek. The snow-capped Tien Shan mountains rear up like a tsunami. But unlike Nepal or other lauded upland destinations, this country and its capital are still an unknown quantity...
...Unknown, at least, to tourists, because they're pretty familiar to the French, Dutch, American and Norwegian troops from the U.S.-led antiterror coalition camped at Manas airport. They head to Bishkek for R. and R. and the city's only department store, TsUM. In sneakers and baseball caps, they make a nice contrast to the Kyrgyz locals in their leather boots and felt hats...
...GLOBAL ADVISOR Holidays: Champagne supernova Kyrgyzstan: R and R in Bishkek Malaysia: Hip hotels in Langkawi...
...GLOBAL ADVISOR Holidays: Champagne supernova Kyrgyzstan: R and R in Bishkek Malaysia: Hip hotels in Langkawi...