Sunny day with a slight tailwind. I repeat TAILWIND! These things excite me and please me greatly! It is a gradual uphill ride and I have many companions en route. Kids run alongside shouting "Hello!" and two lads on horse back ride with me for a while. When it starts to get a little steeper I pass a big group of men standing outside a broken down marshrutka. I press on and make the peak. A little under 2400m and I feel ok. I have a bigger pass coming so this gives me confidence. I glide down the other side and make Gulcho before dusk.There is a cafe on the side of the road that has yurta shaped dining cabins. The owner says I can spend the night in one. I get talking as best I can and find out that he has 6 kids and 15 grandchildren! A big family. The cafe is in a very pretty spot, next to the road and river and looking up towards the mountains that I will climb tomorrow.
Horse riding companions.
Sorry lads, I have no idea how to fix a marshrutka!
My third big Kyrgyz peak!
Down! I do like down!
Home for the night.
Horse riding companions.
Sorry lads, I have no idea how to fix a marshrutka!
My third big Kyrgyz peak!
Down! I do like down!
Home for the night.
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