KYRGYZSTAN: Google Street View Now Available In Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan became the first Central Asian country listed in the online-service of Google Street View, reports the information agency Sputnik Kyrgyzstan. Now anyone can virtually see architectural monuments of Bishkek, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul and other regions.

The idea was realized via 3D-photos with 360 degrees view done from the height of 2.5 meters. You can study elements of architecture in details and observe the surrounding objects. Within the project, Google staff filmed the most popular touristic spots of Kyrgyzstan during the period of October-December 2015. The final processing of data and its upload to web took more than half a year.

The Google street view service was first launched in few states of the USA in 2007. Today the program consists of more than 3000 destinations around the world. For now Kyrgyzstan is the Central Asian country presented in this list.

KYRGYZSTAN: Ural Airlines Launches New Tyumen To Osh Route 25

Ural Airlines launched a new flight to Kyrgyzstan that connects Tyumen and Osh, - reports the TASS information agency referring to the press-service of the carrier.

Flights started operating from September on comfortable passenger aircraft Airbus.

Duration of flight will be three hours. Departure from Osh will be at 3.30 with arrival in Tyumen at 5.50.

Return flight will be at 6.50 and arrive in Osh at 10.35. The schedule is provided in local time.

Ural Airlines is one of the leading Russian air-carriers; its serves more than 200 directions.