{"id":2171,"date":"2011-12-29T23:07:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T17:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2019-07-07T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:19:42","slug":"arslanbob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/arslanbob\/","title":{"rendered":"Arslanbob"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arslanbob is a wonderful little village north of Jalalabad. Surrounded by ancient walnut forests, and with a particularly hospitable population, it is a great place to just relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"toarslanbob\"<\/a><\/td>\nArslanbob lies some 30 miles off the main Bishkek-Jalalabad road. The road is good, and it’s a pleasant drive through the countryside. Attached you will find a a .gdb file<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To Arslanbob (click to enlarge)<\/font><\/td>\nwhich you can use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Accommodations and guide services are easy. Arslanbob’s CBT headquarters is famous for its helpfulness. We arrived without making prior arrangements and a few minutes later we were set up<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
with a nice family homestay. We stayed with the Sabir family, whose address is marked on the map below. They were great, and provided us with delicious home-cooked meals throughout our stay.<\/font><\/td>\n\"019\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Breakfast at the Sabir Residence<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Arslanbob is primarily an Uzbek village. Uzbeks from the Fergana Valley have told me that the annual pilgrimages their families made to Arslanbob when they were children had an almost religious nature. It\u2019s understandable.  Spend a couple of days here and you almost feel like you\u2019ve entered a mystic trance.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"DSCN3851\"<\/a><\/td>\nThere’s plenty to do in and around Arslanbob. There is the small waterfall on the outskirts of town, the big waterfall in the mountains above town, and horses to rent for riding in the hills.<\/font><\/p>\n

Most unique and satisfying, though, are long walks through the walnut forest. We were there in August and enjoyed sampling the many varieties of apples<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The \u201cSmall\u201d Waterfall<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The \u201cBig\u201d Waterfall<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\"080\"<\/font><\/a><\/td>\nThe walnuts reportedly ripen in September and the village empties as whole families move into the woods to pick them. Families hold the rights to harvest specific plots within the <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Steep Climb to the Big Waterfall<\/font>
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forest. That would be a great time to be there, though it was certainly nice to wander through the woods by ourselves, too, and that feeling would most likely be lost at harvest time.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Around Arslanbob (click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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