關於 bishkek china ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

哇！終於在哈薩克的找到我們最愛、最想要居住的中亞城市❤️ 好吃、好玩、又先進舒適👍

可以從這邊直接搭夜巴進去烏魯木齊的前哈薩克首度— Almaty 阿拉木圖完全就是一個國際都市😍 不只交通便利、食物好吃而且夠水準、周圍又有許多戶外活動！真心讓人覺得可以在此耍費一個多禮拜😆

阿拉木圖也被稱為「蘋果之都」🍎 據說最初蘋果是從這裡出產的！而且在城市外圍也可以看到野生蘋果樹🌳 只不過我嘗試了一次感覺有點桑桑的，應該是季節不對吧😆

在這裡我們嘗試了在電視曾看過的俄羅斯浴三溫暖 Banya ♨️ 當地人還真的拿著葉子互相拍打對方以及自己身體各處增加血液循環😆 York 也付錢體驗一下，而我則是給人用土耳其浴。在一個房間與其他女人裸體給人刷全身真的是蠻秒的🤣

我們還帶了 York 去聽了他人生第一場歌劇💃 最好的位置一人才 USD$6！明明看海報好像很西方，結果表演開始才發現是穿傳統遊牧民族服裝。整個大傻眼...😅 早知道就花多點錢看芭蕾舞劇🥿

食物的話有道馬肉的佳餚叫做 Beshbarmak🐴 在吉爾吉斯導遊說只有鄉下婚禮才吃得到，結果在哈薩克這裡一堆高檔點的餐廳都有😆 馬肉本身就比較貴，但是水煮方式實在是吃不出差別啊... 🤣

除此之外，還在連鎖披薩店吃到我覺得夠水準的薄皮披薩🍕 這裡食物已經跟台灣差不多了，但由於水準夠，餐廳環境都很舒適，所以願意付這些錢😛

阿拉木圖附近有許多戶外場所，只要一個多小時的公車加纜車，就可以到滑雪場 ⛸️ 難怪許多人都想要搬來這裡😆

不過我覺得最神奇還是俄羅斯 APP www.2gis.ru ❤️ 可以下載離線地圖、完整的查離線公車路線以及時間表😲 不像 Google 離線就無法查大眾交通路線😕 這裡雖然有地鐵，但是公車方便到根本不需要搭別的交通工具 🚌 連我這個愛走路的人都經不起搭公車的誘惑😜

總而言之，好喜歡阿拉木圖啊！你們也有什麼城市是讓你覺得會愛上，想要長居的城市呢？😊

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#哈薩克 #阿拉木圖 #中亞旅行

Finally found a Central Asia city we LOVE😍

That is Kazakhstan's ex-capital "Almaty", also known as the "Apple City"🍎 Apparently apples are originated from here and even now in the out skirts of Almaty you can still find wild apple trees 🌳

The moment we arrived in the city, we were surprised by the ease of www.2gis.ru APP 😲 It's a Russian App that's available offline with bus routes, etc🚌 I'd say it's better than Google Map as Google Map can't be used offline to find real-time public transports😕

The buses come so often we didn't felt the need to use metro & walk 2km back to our hostel😬

Then there's the food😍 OMG being in Almaty is like being in a Western country without paying the Western prices😋

I actually had a good thin crusted pizza in a chained pizzeria 🍕 Tried all the traditional Kazak food that we had to try including several horse meat dishes & drinks 🐴

Took York to his first opera as the front row ticket was only USD$6💃 However, turns out it was a Kazak version with traditional outfits 😬 The story like was 2 men fighting over one girl...🤦 While it was interesting but certainly wasn't entertaining 😅 Probably should've picked Nutcracker the ballet instead..🤣

Another highlight of this trip was to experience the Russian Banya (Steam room)♨️ York got to experience the "banya besom" where a bath broom typically made with the branches and leaves of a tree or shrub which secretes aromatic oils is use to hit (massage) the circulation🧹

I got my long wished hammam where I got scrubbed together with all these other naked women 🧖 In that -10℃ weather, the Arasan Baths built in 1980s with a modernistic Soviet style was a real treat😁

People in Almaty are also blessed with being so close to nature! Visited the Medeo ski rink only 45 mins bus ride from the city🚌 Built in 1972, it was used to train figure skating and can hold up to 1000 skaters⛸️

Further up is the Chimbulak Ski resort where it's only a cable line away from Medeo ski rink😌 It's cheaper to rent your ski gears in town and bring it with you up there😊

On the day we left we also hiked up the Kok Tobe mountain just behind our hostel to see the panoramic view of Almaty🏃⛰️

Obviously being in the city reminded us that our original plan was to go into China from here☹️ Don't know when will we ever complete the great silk road journey after this long getaway...🐫

Overall we really enjoyed this city and can definitely stay here and do nothing for two weeks if our trip is indefinite 🤣

Some travel info:
• International mini bus from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) direct to Almaty (Kazakhstan) is only 400 som & takes 4 hours.
• The metro is 80 tenge (didn't use it)
• The bus is 80 tenge with Onay card and 150 tenge with cash.
• Every car can be a taxi, can just haul it down

#Alamty #Kazakhstan #CentralAsia

▋Road to the Sky: Pamir Highway, Kyrgyzstan
(Post #3 of "Beating the Unbeaten Tracks” series)

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The most adventurous part of my grand trip in 2018: from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan to Kashgar, a major city in China’s Xinjiang (so-called) Autonomous Region. I chose a much more strenuous way: moving over the Pamir Mountains, where the average elevation is well above 10,000ft, by some unusual ways: cargo van, martshrutka, hitchhiking, and shared taxi.

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▋The first 700km from Bishkek to Osh was an overnight trip along a mountainous highway on a cargo van, which had a wooden panel above the cargos for you to lay down. Since it was by a cargo van, the trip didn’t start at a bus terminal; instead, it started at a loading area of a giant market.

▋The second part (185km) was by a marshrutka (all-purpose minibus) toward the Pamir Mountains. The vehicle was fully loaded with various commercial goods, food, ingredients, and even a bike and a washing machine! And the driver had to honk very aggressively on sheep herds that blocked the highway.

▋The third part (70km) toward the Kyrgyzstan-China border was done by hitchhiking in a blizzard. I was fortunately picked up by two border officers and safely traveled through the snowstorm.

▋The last 240km inside China was an interesting experience. For political reasons, China was very strict on the border. They literally checked everything, including the data in your phone, computer, camera and USB. On the way there were 4 separate checkpoints and endless wait...

Read more at https://medium.com/@jeromecyang/bd44f58850c3

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▋Previous posts of this series:
How did it feel like to spend 52 hours on a train?
https://medium.com/@jeromecyang/e1ffc2da5f64
A Catholic Cathedral devastated by Protestants
https://medium.com/@jeromecyang/3bb9ca6f6202

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#travel #hitchhike #kyrgyzstan #xinjiang #pamirhighway #osh #marshrutka

【🇹🇲土庫曼斯坦🇹🇲過境簽證最新最詳細攻略】（2019年6月）

🇹🇲土庫曼斯坦被喻為全中亞甚至是全世界最難簽證的國家之一，並不是沒有原因，最主要是因為土庫曼政府本來就不太歡迎遊客，尤其是拿過境簽的背包客，所以除非你是申請正式旅遊簽證，否則被拒簽的機率可高達50％，無需原因，他們想DQ你就可以DQ你，雖然近年聽說過境簽成功率有上升趨勢，但浪子在旅途上仍不時遇到被土庫曼拒簽的背包客。以下的教學是過境簽的申請方法，如果你不想麻煩，又有能力支付每天100－150美金的旅行費用，大可輕輕鬆鬆申請旅遊簽證，省時又省力💁🏼‍♂️。

🏬大使館🕍
❇️首先，無論你是拿BNO、特區護照或是台灣護照，都需要親身到土庫曼大使館辦理簽證，而香港或台灣都是無法辦到的，所以你只可以選擇飛到北京，或到中亞其他國家的土庫曼大使館辦理簽證，像浪子這次就是在土庫曼駐吉爾吉斯斯坦首都Bishkek的大使館申請簽證。（浪子有聽說過不同國家大使館的人態度都不一樣，有機會影響簽證成功率，但因為浪子這次只接觸過吉爾吉斯和烏茲別克的大使館，所以未能fact check。）
❇️而領取簽證（如成功）的大使館可以是跟申請時同一個，或者是其他國家的土庫曼大使館。浪子這次就是先從吉爾吉斯的大使館申請，然後玩完塔吉克後才到烏茲別克首都Tashkent的土庫曼大使館領取簽證。

🏃🏻‍♂️行前準備🏃🏻‍♀️
➡️現在申請土庫曼簽證無需要LOI，但仍需要準備一些文件。
1️⃣護照照片頁的彩色影印本
2️⃣證件相2張
3️⃣出境目的地國家的簽證（目前允許的有伊朗、阿富汗、烏茲別克、哈薩克和阿塞科疆，除非本身有免簽，否則都必需先拿到出境國的簽證才能申請土庫曼過境簽。）
4️⃣表格3份（這個到時候現在會有指引和教學，不用擔心。）
5️⃣簽證費用（手續費10美金，成功後再付45美金簽證費）

➡️需要注意如果申請和領取的大使館不是同一個，1️⃣、2️⃣跟4️⃣要多準備一set，而且需多繳付10美金手續費（因為不同大使館），所以可以因個人行程作考慮到底應同一大使館或不同大使館完成。

🗃申請過程🗄
🖌申請過程很簡單，只需親身到各國的土庫曼大使館交上文件及費用，再等大約十天時間收到email就可以去領取，但要注意不同大使館的人流都不一樣，就像浪子到吉爾吉斯的土庫曼大使館時一個人都沒有，但烏茲別克的土庫曼大使館就每天都擠滿了人，需要早上6點先去填名拿籌，否則一定排不到你。而且收到email的時間也不一定，有人很準時使收到，而浪子就等了接近3星期都沒收到email，要主動到大使館去問才成功拿到簽證。

📪以下是幾個主要國家的土庫曼大使館的地址：

🇨🇳北京🇨🇳
Turkmen Embassy in Beijing, China Kings Garden Villa D-1 18 Xiaoyun Road Beijing China

🇰🇿哈薩克斯坦🇰🇿
Otyrar St 8/1, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan

🇰🇬吉爾吉斯斯坦🇰🇬
9 Baitik Baatyr St, Bishkek 720016, Kyrgyzstan

🇹🇯塔吉克斯坦🇹🇯
st. AhunBabayeva 10, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

🇺🇿烏茲別克斯坦🇺🇿
19 Afrosiyob ko'chasi, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

‼️其它注意事項‼️
1️⃣過境簽允許留在土庫曼的時間最長為5天，記得先定好日子。
2️⃣出入境的邊境也要預先在網上查好並決定，因為會印在簽證上。
3️⃣除簽證費用外，入境時海關還會向你收取14美金的入境費，記得準備好零錢，因為他們最喜歡說 No Change！
4️⃣入境前先買定2包香煙，因為香煙在土庫曼只能在黑市買到，而且價錢很貴，所以香煙在土庫曼就等同金錢。
5️⃣Internet在土曼庫非常罕有，即使在首都Ashgabat也很難找到Wifi，所以入境前記得先在網上做好功課啊！

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