Overview of mountaineering regions in Kyrgyzstan
 
 
 
 
Climbing in Ala-Archa National Park
 
 
 
 
Chong-Kurchack Gorge sport climbing near Bishkek
 
 
 
 
Guide books and gear shops in Bishkek
 
 
 
 
Marx and Engles Peak in Tajikistan
 
 
 
 
 
Trekking and tourism in the Issyk Kul region
Kyrgyz
Mountain Info
Mountain Information Pages
Links
 
Mountaineering
Russian-English mountaineering Dictionary
 
News
Radio Free Europe
IRINnews
Evening Bishkek
Central Asia Times
Inside Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia Daily
Kyrgyzstan.org
Kyrgyzstannews.net
EINnews.com
Uygur.org
 
Indices
Freedom House Political Freedom Index
US State Dept Human Trafficking Report
 
Basic Overviews
CIA Fact Book
Commonwealth of Independent States
 
Socioeconomic Overviews
Worldbank.kg
IMF
Peace Corps
Mercy Corps
Human Rights Watch
United Nations Development Programme
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Crisisweb
 
Travel Overviews
Lonely Planet
Worldsurface
Travel advice from US State Department
 
Discussion Forums
Yahoo "Oxiana"
Lonely Planet "Central Asia"
 
Institutions
International Finance Corporation
US Embassy, Bishkek
American University of Central Asia
International University of Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek Humanitarian University
QSI
 
Other
Hyatt
Osh Media 
City.kg
Peace Corps Volunteer Dustin Johnson
Peace Corps Volunteer Jeff Hulse
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Damian Wampler
 
Books
Kyrgyzstan (Rowan Stewart)
Central Asia (Lonely Planet)
Central Asia (Cadogan Guides)
The Great Game (Peter Hopkirk)
Tournament of Shadows (Meyer and Brysac)
The Lost Heart of Asia (Colin Thubron)
Kyrgystan:  C Asia's Island of Democracy?, (John  Anderson)
The New Central Asia:  The Creation of Nations (Olivier Roy,)
Calming  the Fergana  Valley
Casino Moscow (Matthew Brzezinski)
The Russian Way (Zita Dabars)
The Oligarchs (David Hoffman)
 
Periodicals
Foreign Service Journal "Entrenched in the Steppes" 4/2003