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- About Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan and the Silk Road
- Kyrgyzstan in Figures
- Some Weather Statistics
- FLORA AND FAUNA
- Bishkek
- The Nomadic Kyrgyz
- yurts
- Kyrgyz Traditional Crafts
- Kyrgyz National Cuisine
- Kyrgyz Music
- THE UBIQUITOUS SHEEP
- HORSES IN TRADITIONAL KYRGYZ CULTURE
- NATIONAL SPORTS
- THE KYRGYZ LANGUAGE
- Culture Shock
- Rites of Passage
- Tribes and Clans
- Petroglyphs-Rock Art
- Religion
- The Som
- Who is Who on the Som Banknotes?
- Manas
- Legends and Folk Tales
- Askar Akaev
- CHINGIZ AITMATOV
- THEODORE HERTZEN
- PREZHEVALSKY
- Tianshansky
- MIKHAIL VASILIEVICH FRUNZE
- 1916
- THE BASMACHI REVOLT
- Places Around Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek
- In Batken Oblast
- In Chui Oblast
- In Djalal Abad Oblast
- In Issyk Kul Oblast
- In Naryn Oblast
- In Osh Oblast
- In Talas Oblast
- Over the Border
- Practical Matters
- About Us
- Gallery
- News
- About Kyrgyzstan
- Our Tours - Silk Road Travel
Tours Along The Silk Road
Bike tours
Eco tours
Tien Shan mountains tours - Design: © /1999-2006/ — Elena Moiseeva www.iweke.net
- If you have any problems, questions or comments regarding this websites then you can easily contact me — just write to webmaster
Kievskaya 131 - 2 , Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan , (996 312) tel 31-18-14; fax 31-11-70
Email: celest@infotel.kg
INTRODUCTION
When The Celestial Mountai
ns Tour Company was started in 1997, our Webpage was quite short.
Then, people started asking us questions … and we put the answers onto the Webpage … and slowly it grew.
It is not meant to be a guide book in the traditional sense — or a work or reference. Rather, it is a collection of information, culled from many sources, about the country, the people, the culture and lifestyle.
It is a work in progress … as we get more questions, maybe we will add more to the text.
The NEWS page carries the most recent updates. Over the course of time information from this page will be incorporated into the main body of text.
On the original website there was a gallery of photographs. We made a deliberate decision that the Web site would be text based — to make downloading the information quicker. As the technology has improved we have decided to include a selection of photographs on most of the pages. They can only be a taster, to whet your appetite, however, as nothing can replace being in a place and experiencing at first hand the beauty of the scenery and nature.
The photographs have been provided by ourselves, and two of our collegues here in Kyrgyzstan — Alexander Rusin and Victor Polynsky. You can see more of Victor’s photographs on his website at : www.polynsky.com.kg
The latest version of the website is available as an Information Pack in pdf format (approximately 1250KB) — ask for a copy to be emailed to you.
- The Silk Road Lodge is a luxurious new full-facility hotel, built in 2000, located in the heart of Bishkek next to the Central Park, only a few minutes walk from the White House and many of Bishkek's best restaurants.
- website: www.silkroad.com.kg
- Shish restaurants
- Shish restaurants, based in London, takes inspiration from the ancient Silk
Road and serves up what is considered to be the future of the Shish Kebab,
providing the highest quality food, in a modern environment, at a price
which represents great value. - website: www.shish.com
