Kyrgistan is the poorest of the four central Asian republics that we are visiting. It’s on its third regime since independence (see Guardian correspondent, Philip Shishkin’s account in restless valley for a nail buying account). It is now building its ethnically diverse nation around the myth of Manas, who brought together the forty tribes of […]
via Kyrgistan, Bishkek and alamedin gorge — Maggie and Shaun Eurasia travel blog