Osh City, Kyrgyzstan and onwards to Jalal Abad

Capital of the south of Kyrgyzstan, Osh is the country's second largest city with more than 3,000 years of history.

We left the Uzbekistan / Kyrgyzstan border after going through customs and immigration at around 3pm. We drove along the A373 to the city of Osh, located less than 10km away from the border.

As we enter the city of Osh, we were greeted by the towering Sulaiman Too or Mount Solomon. Once a beacon for ancient travellers and tradesmen travelling on the old Silk Road, Sulaiman Too was the first site in Kyrgyzstan to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The mountain is revered as a sacred mountain and legend has it that Prophet Muhammad once prayed here.

Statue of Lenin

After checking in, we had a lazy day in our hotel at Osh city. The next day we did a bit of sightseeing before leaving Osh to head north towards Bishkek.

Sulaiman Too Mosque in front of Sulaiman Too mount. The mosque is still in use for Friday prayers.





Kyrgyz men wearing the Ak Kalpak walking in front of a sculpture.



Osh Bazaar

We bought some of these fried bread, Osh Bazaar

'Glory to work' mural from the Soviet days.





'Horsepower' mural. On the left is a woman and on the right is a man riding a horse.

Osh city arch bidding us farewell as we left Osh city at noon.



Artwork at the Osh city arch.



Village on the A370, near Uzgen.

Uzgen welcome arch

Statue at Uzgen

Busy Uzgen market



Our lunch of manti and shishlik at Uzgen. The manti was tasty but the shishlik was underdone.

Crossing the bridge as we left Uzgen after our lunch.
It's the weekend and a hot day... locals are busy washing their cars, lorries etc and bathing in the river.

Pass some sunflower fields as we left Uzgen.

We left the A370 and took the E010/M41 towards Jalal Abad

Arch at Jalal Abad. The statue of Manas stands in front of the arch.
Manas was the leader who united all the Kyrgyz tribes.

On the E010 again, passing by a statue of a woman and possibly a child just outside of Jalal Abad.

Bazar Korgon Reservoir at sunset, less than 20km west of Jalal Abad.

Dinner at Kochkor Ata. It's chicken shashlik with paloo tonight.