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'''Issyk-kul''' is an amazing and huge lake in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. There is 182 km from east to west and 58 km from north to south. Surrounded by paved road. Distance on both sided are equal between Balykchy and Karakol (around 220km). Northern part is more developed than southernSouthern. The places are small and you can just thumb everywhere on the main road. Hint: Spend there a few days hitchin' from village to village and stay where you find a good place, f.e. very cheap yurt camps on the South shore.

=== West towards [[Bishkek]] ===There is a check point called ''Titanik'' on The are no really big places, so just walk to the end of the town/village you are and put your thumb in the road from Balykchy air. If you are hitching to [[Bishkek]]. Accessible in half an hour by foot from roundabout in Balykchy. Wait it makes sense to wait for a direct car lift, as traffic to Bishkekthe capital is huge. === South towards [[Naryn]] and [[Kasgar]] ('''CH''') via Torugart passIn every other direction you can be happy about every lift going further than 20 km., also towards [[Osh]] and [[Jalal-Abad]] via Suusamyr === === East towards [[Almaty]] ('''KZ''') and [[Urumchy]] ('''CH''') === == Hitching In ==Coming summer it is very likely that some tourists from [[Bishkek]] is Russia and Kazakhstan in great mood will pick you up. On the other hand there are a most common waylot of families with full cars.

There is a huge number of hostels, guesthouses and hotels mostly of north North and less on the southSouth.The North, especially Cholpon-Ata is very popular among tourists from Russia and Kazakhstan. But anyway, with bargaining it should be no problemto get a place to sleep for a small price. Still, the South is more puristic and recommended.