Towards Shu and back to Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek for a Visa Run

Next day it was to Shu. Shu was a medium size town but I did not bother too much to explore to be frank. Checked into a nice local hotel for 7000 tenge twin bed private bathroom and decided it was a good place to just binge watch TV series. The next day I extended another night in Shu since it was a good place to do nothing.

The Signboard that forced me to Slow down .... because I thought it was a real horse from afar

It was a good thing I stayed in Shu for two nights. From Shu, the roads to Bishkek was 50% horrible making the short journey to the border a long four hours run. I could barely speed up and at one point felt a little like off road riding for 50km.

Once I hit the major road going from Almaty to Bishkek it was good roads all the way to the border. Border Crossing was simple enough and soon I was in Bishkek checking back into the same hostel. Back to Kyrgyzstan but the only reason I was here is to extend the Visa since Kazakhstan was running out.

Cafe cum Hotel in Shu

Riding around Shu

I Love Shu Tourism Signboard

Nothing much to do in Bishkek and I planned to just chill at the hostel for a few days updating journal and catch up on blogging but my decision to book only one night at the hostel backfired. The hostel was fully book the next day and I had to shift hence I would decide to go camping instead in Ala Archa National park for a night.

Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan Border 

Travelled on: Aug 2024