The more days camping after leaving the yurts to get to Osh for my first wash in 10 days.
The first day we stayed beside a river and met the local farmer and his son. We made them lunch, but they didn’t seem too impressed by Marmite. After we admired his horse he said “He’s four [...]
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Wash in Osh – Osh, Kyrgyzstan
“Excuse me, has anyone seen my goat?” – Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan
Very cool 5 days living like Kyrgyz shepherds.
We opened up the roof seats of the truck and whilst ducking power lines got very cold driving the truck off-road for 4 hours into the middle of nowhere, next to the Song Kul lake where we found our homes for the next few days – yurts sleeping [...]
Homestay – Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Drove back to Karakol for another homestay and a felt-making demonstration, which is more fun than it sounds as it seems to involve a lot of dancing on the new carpets to squash the water out. Whilst there we met the Iranian National Mountaineering team, who seemed to be taking time out from scaling the [...]
Sanitorium – Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan
After a night spent in the local Sanitorium being scrubbed to within an inch of our lives, we got up in the morning for a swim in the Issyk Kul lake, which translates as ‘The Warm Lake’. This just isn’t true at 6 in the morning, although the random skinny-dipping lady handing out vodka shots [...]
Giggety, giggety – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Four great days in Bishkek – seemingly a town populated entirely by Russian supermodels.
During this time we
Stared at supermodels
Narrowly avoided being arrested after Frosty was noticed taking photos of said supermodels
Found an authentic Indian restaurant
Found an English restaurant (Fatboy’s Cafe), which served full English breakfasts and pots of PG Tips tea (which was much appreciated [...]
Kyrgyzstan – Torugart, Kyrgyzstan
Made it through the Torugart Pass with only a couple of hours of interrogation – the heavily armed border guards seemed upset that I preferred rugby to football as the only English words they knew were Wayne, Rooney, David and Beckham.
John, our Chinese guide, had to leave us at the Kyrgyz border after showing us [...]
