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"Our journey through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was planned and executed entirely on our own. That was until our vehicle broke down in Osh. These two countries seriously blew us away, and we highly recommend you get there yourself. If you have any questions related to the film, gear, or travel, please don't hesitate to reach out in the comments below. Much Love, Matt."
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"On the 2nd of October 2017, 8 strangers from different backgrounds all came together coincidentally to set out on a road trip across Central Asia for 8 days through the Pamir Highway, the second-highest highway in the world. An unlikely band of strangers traveling along one of the most remote roads in the world has led me to experience one of the best trips of my life. We started our journey from Osh, Kyrgyzstan and crossed the border to Tajikistan, and travel the mountainous region of the Pamir Mountains through Karakul, Murghab, Bulunkul, Langar, Wakhan valley, Ishkashim, Khorog, and lastly Dushanbe.
Hiking, flying, paragliding, and camping Kyrgyzstan.
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SOUNDS ON! 🎶- New Travel Journal is up on my channel! Please Enjoy a sunset and a sunrise I shot in Toktogul Lake! •
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Kyrgyzstan // Who wants to be here right now? 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♂️
Tien Shan, Issyk-Kul, Pamir, Lenin Peak ... all these names from the school curriculum have long been forgotten ... it would seem, but no. As soon as we landed in Kyrgyzstan and saw huge 7-thousanders, the memory is helpful (thank God, it works again!) I slipped the information. (Translated)
Kyrgyzstan
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You know that feeling when you suddenly realize what you've gotten yourself into? Yeah.
This is part of our team rappelling down to inspect a cave opening in Kyrgyzstan last fall, as we did a small mission to see the potential of this remote part of the Tien Shan. We quickly realized the possibilities - as well as the scale of things.
I'm glad to say we're going back.
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Directed, Filmed and Edited by Giuseppe Carbone
Solo trip through Central Asia passing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakistan. Please watch in HD with good speakers for the optimal experience.
Soundtrack: Abel Korzeniowski - Dance For Me Wallis
Shot using Sony a7s2 14mm f2.8 28mm f2 50mm f1,8
Kyrgyzstan
This editing is interesting and fascinating. Original caption:
Central Asia was epic! The landscapes were incredibly beautiful and diverse, in such little areas. The people were really nice also. This a great underrated destination to travel.
Shot on a7sII, and phantom4advanced.
Places visited: Kazakhstan: - Ustyurt plateau (manguistaou region, near Aktau) - Altyn emel - Charyn Canyon - Lake Kolsai
KYRGYZSTAN: - Song Kul lake and its surroundings (horse trekking) - Karakol, Ala-kul lake, Altyn Arashan (3 days trek).
Original caption:
Kyrgyzstan's capital city, Bishkek, is a modern whirlwind of sight and sound. But in a concert hall in the heart of the city, the keys of a lone piano carry out of the chaos and into the timeless Celestial Mountains beyond. Into a landscape of horsemen and shamans, and young souls brought to life in the heart of nature. A tale of two worlds, together they play a song for the nomad-- a requiem for a time gone by.
Pretty spectacular bike trip through Kyrgyzstan. Original caption:
In the summer of 2016, four of us—Lucas Winzenburg, Joel Caldwell, Logan Watts and I—rode for 23 days across Kyrgyzstan. We rode fat bikes over marshes, through valleys, and atop high passes. This is a film about the beauty of Kyrgyzstan and how it remains with them.
The landscapes explored in this clip are truly spectacular. Original video caption:
Here's my modern take on one of the most unknown country in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan (Ker-Gyz-Stan). Do not let the name and the spellings fool you, Kyrgyzstan is one of the easiest country in Central Asia to travel to and one of the most rewarding. With alpine mountains and pristine lakes all over the country, where ever you trek you are sure to be spending a night in the middle of beautiful untouched nature under millions of stars.
Other than the nature, Bishkek, is one of the few city in the world I feel like I can stay for a long period of time. The people here are phenomenal, the city is small enough that you can go almost everywhere by walking, and not too crowded but enough to keep the creativity flowing. It is truly my home in Central Asia.
For this video, I decided to go for the fast pace, energetic and colorful look and feel again with a message to live now delivered by Anne Sexton's voice and her poetry "The Truth The Dead Know". The concept of this video is that you can live your life now if you travel to Kyrgyzstan.
I hope the video will inspire you to give Central Asia a try, to put your attention to this small amazing country, ignite the adventurous fire within you, to put Kyrgyzstan within your radar and finally to inspire you to LIVE NOW.
Enjoy!
Narration came from an original version of a poem by Anne Sexton, "The Truth The Dead Know":
"And what would the dead say? What defiles their calm eyes and their loose brows? Not this. For through their tiny smiles they mutter: live now, live now."
Location: Bishkek, Karakol, Issyk Kul, Kadji Say, Ala Kul, Song Kul, Arslanbob, Osh
Camera Gear: Sony a6500 + 16mm - 70mm Zeiss lens, Mavic Drone (not mine) (blog.bucketlistly.com/post/145558191893/travel-photography-gear-guide-light-travel)
Music: Moby - The Violent Bear It Away Drone Footages by Dylan Endrion
Twitter: twitter.com/peachananr Photo blog: photos.bucketlistly.com Travel blog: blog.bucketlistly.com
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Top picture: The peak of Khan Tengri so rarely shows. It was an amazing moment at the end of my hike. Having arrived at the base camp the night before, there were a few alpinists who had come by helicopter. They had been waiting for the weather to clear to make an attempt at the 7,100m peak and were tying knots and gathering supplies for their single day climb to the top. A climb, the camp master said, that takes most three days.
Check out the landscape of Kyrgyzstan as these two adventurers fly over and hike through it. I believe these mountains are the western foothills of the Tian Shan range.
New World Heritage Sites
On the 21st June 2013 5 new sites were added to the UNESCO world heritage sites list.
The first of these is the Xinjiang Tianshan mountain range which stretches across central Asia, through China, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan from East to West. It's one of the largest mountain ranges in the world and UNESCO describe it as having several unique physical characteristics, as well as breathtaking scenery, and local names for the mountains all roughly translate to Heavenly Mountains or God's Mountains.
The highest peak in the range is Victory Peak, which stands 7,439 metres above sea level. If you were to visit this mountain range and travel the 2,800km they stretch, you'd be greeted by sites of glacier capped mountains, snowy slopes, red bed canyons, rivers, lakes and meadows.
The mountain range formed as part of the Himalayan Orogeny- the mountain building event resulting from the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate which began during the Eocene (56 to 33.9ma).
Biologically the area is very important with UNESCO describing the site as being preserved since the Pliocene (5.332 to 2.588ma) and because of this it's a great place to see evolutionary processes in action. The site is also important for the preservation of endemic flora species, some of which are endangered. More information about these species can be found on the UNESCO website.
-LL
Links;
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1414/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/pictures/130621-five-new-unesco-world-heritage-sites-conservation-environment/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20130625news-worherit&utm_campaign=Content
http://www.livescience.com/37633-world-heritage-sites-photos.html
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geo5xx/geo527/Himalayas/
Image; Chen Zhao
Rocky landscape and braided stream, mountains of Kyrgyzstan
