CBT-Kyrgyz INFO

We will have a Kyrgyz National Horse Game in Kyzyl Oi village.
it's taken place on 23 Aug 2014.
we will do many kinds of horse gemes, borsok show, keens show,folklore show, and so on!
If you have interest, please check the HP of CBT!

if you come to Kyrgyzstan in wintertime, i recommend you to go to Karakol city.
they have ski resort and hot spring!
there is one famous hot spring place named Altyn-Arashan.
it's take about 2,5 hours from Karakol.
you have to order special car.
the price of one car for 8 person is about $100.

if you wanna go to outside of Bishkek, you can take Mini bus or share taxi.
there are two big bus station in Bishkek.
from West bus station, you can go around Issyk-kul area, Narin, Talas and Almaty.
if you take mini bus, there are fix price. but if you take share taxi, you have to negotiate.
I don't think there are Mini bus to Narin neither Talas.

Until the bus or taxi filled up, you have to wait.
I recommend you to leave from Bishkek before noon.


ex) to Cholpon ata;250Com(summer time a little bit expensive)
to Karakol; 400 Com
to Almaty;400 Com

it's really easy to change money in Bishikek.
there are many exchange counter.
you just need to bring money.
if you change from dollar, it's better to bring $100 bill or $50 bill.
otherwise exchange rate could be worse.
Sovetskaya st. × Moscowskaya st. is one of the good place to change money.

it's really cold in Bishkek today.
we had a little bit snow this morning.
the winter season is coming.
when you come, i recommend you to bring warm clothes.

there is another hot spring named Saruu.
it's around Issyk-kul lake.
from outside, it looks like Yurt, the Kyrgys traditional house.
and Inside,there is clean pool. the quality of the hot spring is really great.
i's sure you can relax in the water.


About 50 min from Karakol by Mini bus, exit and head south, about 17 km.
So it's better to go by taxi from Karakol, or Kyzyl-Suu village.


100Com per person.


you don't need to bring swimming clothes.
but if there are another customer when you arrive at there, you have to wait until they finish.

this is one of the Kyrgyz traditional food, named Shorpo. In Issyk-kul area, they call it Sorpo.
this is the soup from mutton.
they boil mutton for some hour, and add salt and so on.
for foreign people, maybe it's a bit oily but the taste is nice.
Kyrgyz people love it!

This is the City hall in Bishkek.
In winter time the scenery is so beautiful.

There is a statue of Lenin in Bishkek.
just behind of Kyrgyz National museum.
if you visit National museum, please check it!

Truly the Winter season is coming in Bishkek.
It's snowing today.
this is the second time in Bishkek.
but i heard tomorrow it's gonna be -19℃ in Karakol.
i don't think, and i hope it's not true, but anyway, winter is coming.
when you come to Kyrgyzstan in winter time, i really recommend you to bring warm clothes and shoes!!

i will introduce Kyrgyz food.
this is carrot salad.
this is made from only carrot,(with oil and salt etc)
but kyrgyz vegetables, it's really tasty by itself.
carrot salad is one of the most popular salad for kyrgyz people.
i recommend you to try it!!

about once in 2-3 month, we have circus in Bishkek!!
it's really amazing!
this time it was about Animals. so we could see the show with bears,tigers,lions, and so on!!
Also acrobatic was quite surprised!!
If you have time, and if it's working, please come!


you can take Mini bus.
also trolleybus no 4,5,8,17 also go near circus!


from 300 to 800 com.


you can buy at the entrance of circus.
if you wanna take good seat, it's better to buy earlier.