Kyrgyzstan
Even more extreme backpackers
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 7 September 2024
Updated on 7 September 2024
I thought that in Bishkek, I had already encountered the most extreme forms of travel, but now my backpack coolness was completely frozen. One Japanese guy cycled from Canada through South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia back to Japan. The other Japanese guy walked (WALKED!) from Japan to Paris. To thaw my self-confidence a bit, I cooked a meal with a ‘regular’ backpacker.
Despite the fact that you can order a good meal in a restaurant here for two euros (excluding the occasional 40 cent surcharge for live music), we managed to stay below that. Helped by the fact that he was vegetarian and we accidentally bought concentrated tomato paste instead of tomato sauce, the final cost was 45 cents per person.
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Traveled route: Bishkek, Ala Archa National Park, Kockkor, Song-Kul lake, Beltam Yurt Camp, Fairytale Canyon Skazka, Karakol, Altyn-Arashan, Cholpon-Ata, Jalal-Abad, Kazarman
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