Yuri Gagarin

The cosmonaut you mean? Yes, the one and only who made it to orbit in 1961. Hey, that was way before the Americans reached the moon. No?Yuri stayed 3 times in the Voyennyy Sanatoriy Mork in Tamga. On our way to Bokonbayevo we decided to visit this little gem. The place is a pearl, and on top well preserved. You can actually book a room and stay a night if you wish to revive the Russian athletic spirit. We didn’t. Walking around the park searching for a Yuri Gagarin monument we noticed several people painting stuff & weeding the area. …