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Tokmok Bazaar: Where to Buy a Kyrgyz Horse

Tokmok Bazaar:
Where to Buy a Kyrgyz Horse

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On the notion of daytrips from Bishkek, the Tokmok Bazaar is another obvious choice.
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What better way to wake up in the morning, after all, than watching a couple of Kyrgyz dudes rassle livestock towards their eventual doom?
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Or watching this kid, clearly as upset as I about being out of bed that early, canter through the parking lot. I can only assume he was looking for coffee, that elusive nectar.
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There’s plenty of buying and selling.
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Plenty of sitting and chatting (and usually some tea-sipping as well).
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If you do go to Tokmok looking to buy, be sure to keep it safe….
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…until time to ride it on home!

 

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