Saturday

Saturday

We leave the countryside and head back to Biskek. On the north shore of Issyk-Kul lake we visit Tamchy village, home of probably the most respected felt production site in Kygyzstan.

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Issyk-Kul lake Like everyday we start with some vodka, but now we also have very tasty smoked fish from Issyk-Kul lake. And meat of course
Tamchy village Local Hotel and small felt museum
Tamchy village Local Hotel and small felt museum
Tamchy village Our hostess arranges a meeting with the local workshops
Tamchy village Special agent Bishen, a man of unlimited talents
Tamchy village We meet with several private craftsmen in Tamchy.
Tamchy village In Tamchy they have an electric carding machine
Tamchy village Electric water heating device....
Tamchy village And the most developped 'kicking machine' I saw on this trip
Tamchy village The traditional patterns are used on the propertie fence.
Tamchy village Hand felted hats in many natural colours
Tamchy village In the Tamchy village workshop they started using ancient symbolic patterns in their shyrdaks.
Tamchy village Outside fresh wool is waiting to be processed
Back to Bishkek about 80 + 8 break horsepower
Back to Bishkek Smoked fish combines well with pure wodka
Back to Bishkek On the side of the road we have some kumus, fermented mare's milk, the Kyrgyz national drink. sold in old american jerrycans