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Making decorative ropes uploaded on 6 July 2008

Traditionally made by hand, the family now weaves them on a homemade loom. These ropes are used both for decoration and to enhance the support-strength of the yurt.

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A family business uploaded on 2 July 2008

This local family runs the traditional yurt-making and handicrafts business in Karakoo.

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Traditional yurt making in Kara-Koo uploaded on 2 July 2008

One family in Kara-Koo continues the tradition of making yurts, traditional Kyrgyz homes, which they sell to locals (many of whom still spend the summer months in yurts) as well as foreigners. This is their yurt workshop. On the right is a pile of raw wool, which they will turn into felt to make the walls and roofs of various yurts.

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The view from over the wall uploaded on 29 June 2008

Bishkek's remaining Russian Orthodox Cathedral, as seen from the sidewalk along Jibek Jolu Street.

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On the wall of the Orthodox Church uploaded on 29 June 2008

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Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan uploaded on 29 June 2008

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Tuz-Kul: Kyrgyzstan's Salt Lake uploaded on 29 June 2008

Come here to bask - and float - in the warm, salty waters which locals believe will cure you of all your ills.

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Not Your Typical Day at the Spa

Story written 29 June 2008

The idea of a day at the spa evokes images of pampered luxury; one certainly doesn’t think of lounging around inside of dank concrete sheds… unless one is thinking of the Altyn Arashan hot springs “spa” located just outside of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.