Kyrgyzia

Greentours first spring visit to this beautiful country has just finished. Over ninety per cent of Kyrgyzia lies above the top of the UK’s highest mountain! Independent after the collapse of Soviet rule in Central Asia, this stunningly beautiful country never actually existed before the Soviet Union, rather it was invented (as an autonomous region) in the 1920s by Stalin. Perhaps not surprising then that few of us know much about this land of alpine lakes, fast-flowing rivers, rolling steppelands, conifer forests and rare walnut forests that lie between the arms of the giant snow-capped peaks of the Celestial Mountains. So how were the flowers? Quite stunning it seems. A rich variety of spring bulbs were recorded. Here’s a few pictures for Kurt Vickery…