Tash-Rabat
KYRGYZSTAN | Wednesday, 13 May 2015 | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
As Seneca said, travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. I think that life is not measured by the number of lived years, and the amount of what you have seen.
This story happened 3 years ago. My family and I have decided to go look at the caravanserai Tash-Rabat. One summer morning we left the road by car. It is about 7-8 hours (or 520 km) of driving from my city Bishkek to place of destination. As we have been driving we faced with an amazing change of mood of nature. Finally, we arrived to this wonderful caravanserai so well preserved until today. It was built in the 15th century in At-Bashi district, Naryn province, Kyrgyzstan, which located at the altitude of 3200 meters. Travelers suggested that it is originally Nestorian monastery in the tenth century. Also, there is legend whereby caravanserai was built by father and son. When they have finished building, and they had only to finish top of the dome, suddenly seemed caravan. The son stopped working, ran to caravan to greet travelers among them there was a lovely young girl with whom he fell in love and when the caravan left, he went with it and his father have not seen his son anymore, and the dome has left unfinished.
This unusual construction itself mysteriously, because no one can accurately calculate how many rooms are there. The building was completely stone, there was the hall in the middle of caravanserai, couple of bedrooms and cold stone deck chairs, as cold as the mores of those times. There was even a cellar for captured prisoners. After inspection of the building from the inside, we decided to get around the outside of the building and go up to the dome. Surely extended view was stunning. It seemed that I went up to the level where the mountains cuddling with clouds, where the wind remembers the smell of the people who have lived here. So suddenly, some rays have appeared from behind the clouds. They have blinked then disappeared, as if wanted to tell me something. I could not believe my eyes, it was like a UFO. It has happened so suddenly. When I told about this UFO to my sister, she did not believe me. All night I have thought about the extraordinary vision.
And even now, 3 years later, I know that it was a sign from above, and there is a link between civilizations. I believe that the most important thing is what you have seen by your own eyes and what remains have stayed in your heart. So you need to enjoy life moment.
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