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URAL truck (rebuilt for passenger transport) used for
transportation of tourists in the mountains. It can go almost
anywhere, e.g. through 1.5 m high water.
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Restaurant in a jurta along the road
from Osh to Sary Tash (the village with border
guards).
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Bus stop in Sary Mogol, the village where one turns up to
the basecamp.
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Road in Sary Mogol in the direction to
Tajikistan.
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Children in Sary
Mogol
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Children in Sary Mogol
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Market in Osh - biggest outdoor market in Central
Asia
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Market in
Osh
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Kyrgyz with his national hat
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Uzbeks drinking tea in Osh. There is maybe more
Uzbeks than Kyrgyz in this Kyrgyz town. But clashes between them
from 1990 are almost forgotten now.
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Uzbeks drinking tea in Osh.
Uzbeks are a more settled nation, drinking tea, in comparison with
more nomadic Kyrgyz people (who live more in mountains). One can see
almost only Uzbeks in the tearooms.
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Market in Osh - meat section
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One of traditional Kyrgyz meals - "manty". It is baked pasta filled
with a not very well looking meat (see the previous
picture).
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A typical central Asian round
bread called "lipyoshka" in Russian
transcript.
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Fried pieces of meat
called "sashlik" are probably typical for whole ex-USSR area.
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Typical Kyrgyz national hats are very cheap at the market in
Osh (and more expensive in souvenir shops in Bishkek).
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