Strolling and Indulging in Karakol

Karakol is the third-largest city in Kyrgyzstan (even though it has fewer than 100,000 inhabitants) and is located in the eastern part of the country. The city itself is cozy and small, but a great starting point for numerous trekking tours. The surrounding mountains strongly resemble the Alps, at least when you imagine the yurts gone and the jingling of cow bells. Unlike many other backpackers (by the way, my phone always wants to change 'Backpacker' to 'baking paper'), we decided to stay at a relatively low altitude of 2500m instead of going on a tour at 4000m. We did camp, though, and that was really nice. In the evenings, we always filled our bellies with local specialties :)