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An early morning excursion to Karakol Livestock Market. Every Sunday, several drab-looking blocks on Karakol's northern outskirts are transformed into a vibrant spectacle, alive with energy and colour. The livestock market (mal bazaar in Kyrgyz) attracts an array of thousands of smallholders and nomads from all over the Issyk-Kul region. Jammed tightly together amongst the animals, this huge, jostling swarm of people barter over sheep, pigs and cattle, scatter the crowds by 'test driving' powerful stallions and stock up on feed for their new purchases. By dawn, the market is already underway with groups of white bearded men in fur-trimmed caps bargaining animatedly, hawkers pushing through the crowds proclaiming their wares and women in bright headscarves patting and prodding ewes to assess their rump fat. This is an unmissable Kyrgyz cultural experience.

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You can contact us by telephone, fax, post or email by clicking on the email link at any of our offices listed below.

You can contact our travel specialists direct by emailing their individual address at the end of the itineraries within each particular destination.

For holiday enquiries (except for Iceland, Greenland or Cuba), contact our BRISTOL office:

Regent Holidays, Mezzanine Suite, Froomsgate House, Rupert Street, Bristol BS1 2QJ.

Tel: 0845 277 3317 or +44 (0) 117 921 1711

Fax: +44 (0)117 925 4866

Email: regent@regent-holidays.co.uk

Marketing enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 117 925 1792 or email alison@regent-holidays.co.uk

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday : 09.00-17.30
Saturdays : 10.00-14.00
Sundays : closed

Location:
We are located in the centre of Bristol

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For Iceland and Greenland holiday enquiries contact our ISLE OF WIGHT office

Regent Holidays, Regent House, 31A High St, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, PO37 6JW.

Tel: 0845 277 3301/3302 or +44 (0) 1983 864212/4225

Fax: + 44 (0) 1983 864197

Email: icelanddept@regent-holidays.co.uk

Marketing enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 207 821 4015 or email ray@westernoriental.com

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday: 09.00-17.30
Saturdays and Sundays : closed

Location:
We are located just off the High St in Shanklin, Isle of Wight

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For Cuba enquiries, contact our sister company:

South American Experience/W&O Travel, Welby House, 96 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1DW.

Tel: 0845 277 3366

Fax: +44 (0) 20 7821 4001

Email: sales@WandOtravel.com

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday : 0900-1730
Saturdays : 1000-1400
Sundays : closed

Location:
We are located at our head office close to Victoria Station, just off Wilton Road.