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Travel notes

Seasons, roads, festivals and the families who put you up. A couple of new notes every month.

The Old City of Talas.

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A plough clearing light snow at the Ala-Bel summit while lorries and a bus wait with their engines running
20 October 2026

First snow on the Fergana Gateway

The first snow of the season on the Fergana Gateway (Ala-Bel pass, 3,184 m): what winter means for State Route 1 and how to plan your trip south.

A family harvesting walnuts in a hill orchard above Bazar-Korgon, a man knocking nuts from the tree with a pole
12 October 2026

Walnut season in Bazar-Korgon

October is walnut season on Irad's Fergana Rim: the harvest in the hill orchards, the walnut bazaar in Bazar-Korgon, and how to see it.

A grandmother rolling dough in a guesthouse kitchen in Talas while her daughter-in-law takes bread from the oven
2 October 2026

Breakfast at the Abdyldaevs'

Saltanat Abdyldaeva's family guesthouse in the Old City of Talas: how it began, what breakfast looks like, and why guests keep coming back.

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