Packing Day 23: Conclusion We spend the next 2 days hunkered down in the aircon and only venture out to eat. On day 1 we decide that a late breakfast and early dinner should suffice, but by 14h00 our resolve has crumbled. We are all starving – seems we have underestimated how hollowed-out our exertions…
Packing Day 22: So much for Democracy! The tent is literally coated with muggies when I awake, but I am not letting them stand in my way! I shake the flap vigorously and send them flying, then hurriedly climb out and zip closed before they can hone in on Steve. The sunrise is more dramatic…
Packing Day 21: Ask and ye shall receive I wake and check the time. 05h00 on the dot. I unzip the tent flap and WOW, a golden glow spreads across the Eastern shore. I grab my sleeping bag and scuttle out of the tent to sit on the beach and enjoy the spectacle. Steve sleeps…
Kyrgyzstan Bike-Packing Day 20: Issy Kul It’s 100km on a busy road from Karakol to Bokonbaevo, the town from which we can best access Lake Issyk Kul by bike. We search in vain for a mini bus that can take us and our bikes. A driver with a regular station wagon insists it can be…
Kyrgyzstan Bike-Packing Day 18 & 19: R&R Sadly, the guest house has a group coming in tonight and is fully booked. We would’ve preferred to stay put, but after breakfast, we load up and head for the closest coffee shop to discuss our options. A few coffees and cakes later, we follow Bookings.com to the…
Kyrgyzstan Bike-Packing Day 17: Oh FLOCK! We awake to glorious blue skies (with a few renegade clouds about). Hallelujah!! Yippeeee!!!! Yeeehaaa!!!! We are ecstatic and feeling energized by the sun, as it slowly peeps up over the mountain. It’s astounding how the temperature drops the minute a wisp of cloud blocks the warming rays. We make…