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==Danger==
 
==Danger==
 
Some parts of the borders to [[Tajikistan]] and to [[Uzbekistan]] have landmines.
 
Some parts of the borders to [[Tajikistan]] and to [[Uzbekistan]] have landmines.
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I would like to warn hitch-hickers about way of getting a free transport here. In nothern part of country - Bishkek, usually people ask for money for a ride, and if somebody is ready to take you in his car, please ask for how much first. Because you can be unpleasantly surprise after you will want to get off the car, people can be nice to you but after ride they usually ask for money and for big money. Foreigners taught local people to receive money for every help, so for many kirgis people it looks normal. They can also invite you to spend night in their house just to ask for money next morning. In southern part there are lot of uzbek people who usually give you a ride for free, and kirgis drivers who go to Irkeshtam (Kirgis - Chinese border). In southern part there are no Russian people and sometimes drivers know only basic russian. Southern part is much more pleasant for HH. Everything written above is more then correct.Kyrgyzstan is quite dangerous place and I strongly discourage anybody from traveling there with exception of southern part where is more friendly for foreign tourists especially alpinists but not much then northern. They tried to rob us of our possessions and throw rocks at us with shouts:"kill,kill"!
  
  

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Information
Language: Kyrgyz, Russian
Capital: Bishkek
Population: 5,356,869
Currency: Som (KGS)
Hitchability: perfect
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Kyrgyzstan (also Kirgizia or Kirghizia) is a country in Central Asia.

This is an excellent guide for all CIS countries in general, but unfortunately in Russian. http://ve.free-travels.ru/articles/?region=CIS

Kyrgyz cars have Rooms with a red stripe on the left, which depicts kirghiz emblem. The first number indicates the letters Region: B - Bishkek, N - Naryn oblast., C - Chui, I - Issyk-Kul, O - Osh, D-Jalal-Abad, A - Batken, T - Talas. Sometimes others are old Soviet numbers.

Danger

Some parts of the borders to Tajikistan and to Uzbekistan have landmines. I would like to warn hitch-hickers about way of getting a free transport here. In nothern part of country - Bishkek, usually people ask for money for a ride, and if somebody is ready to take you in his car, please ask for how much first. Because you can be unpleasantly surprise after you will want to get off the car, people can be nice to you but after ride they usually ask for money and for big money. Foreigners taught local people to receive money for every help, so for many kirgis people it looks normal. They can also invite you to spend night in their house just to ask for money next morning. In southern part there are lot of uzbek people who usually give you a ride for free, and kirgis drivers who go to Irkeshtam (Kirgis - Chinese border). In southern part there are no Russian people and sometimes drivers know only basic russian. Southern part is much more pleasant for HH. Everything written above is more then correct.Kyrgyzstan is quite dangerous place and I strongly discourage anybody from traveling there with exception of southern part where is more friendly for foreign tourists especially alpinists but not much then northern. They tried to rob us of our possessions and throw rocks at us with shouts:"kill,kill"!


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