When a fledgling American team decides to challenge the Kazakhs at their own game, no one is quite prepared for what happens ...

In Tash Rabat, this is a yurt camp located near Song-Köl, a lake at an altitude of 11,482 feet (3,500 meters) in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Photograph by Thomas Grabka, laif/Redux ...

But for a Kyrgyzstan-based business ... at Tumar’s new wool processing facility, the “break yurt” feels like a step back in time. Workers drink black tea and snack on puffy little squares ...

Her mentees, including the founders of yurt camps like "Tulpar" and "Barchyn," are now carving out their own success stories, supported by UNDP’s mentorship program. Another shining example of women’s ...

It's a long way from the cobbled streets of Windsor to the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan ... sheep's testicles while visiting a nomad's yurt. Travelling between these two very different ...

In 2021, taking her first bold step into the business world, she established the "Barchyn" yurt camp. It all began with a single shyrdak — a traditional felt carpet made from sheep's wool, which ...

Come winter, opt for a yurt camp like Ecotrek or Ak-Tash to alternate between snowshoeing, backcountry skiing, and simply immersing in the hush of nature as snow blankets the surroundings.

sampled local beverages and learned about Kyrgyz yurt traditions. First lady Emine Erdoğan, Kyrgyz first lady Aygül Caparova visit the Turkish Maarif Foundation's educational complex in Bishkek, ...

In a couple of months, Kyrgyzstan’s flag was changed despite the public consensus ... tunduk (the central element of the flag and roof part of the Kyrgyz traditional yurt) look like a sunflower. On ...

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country sandwiched ... scale pine-laden mountains in search of lakes, and stay in a yurt camp at 3,000 metres above sea level. We will learn about the diversity of the ...

That night we stayed in a traditional yurt, enjoying the hospitality of ... We departed Karakul early in the morning to cross the border into Kyrgyzstan. The two borders are separated by a ...