View from the roof top seats

Woke up to a beautiful morning in the gorge. Malene was on the cooking team this morning so she left the tent early. Hot porridge for breakfast sitting there listening to the sound of the river while the sun slowly rose over the ridge constantly changing the colours of the hillsides. How about that for a Sunday morning. Everything feeling a little relaxed. We didn't have to hurry this morning since the drive to the homestay was only 40 kilometres.

The drive down the gorge followed the river and after a few minutes the roof top seat were available since there was no other traffic and no overhead power lines. So we sat there in the front row while the truck moved along at a very steady pace sucking in the landscape, sounds and smells.

We finally made it to the homestay in Chaek Village and had a much needed shower after three full days of wild camping – as in NO facilities at all. But the camping has been great fun. In the homestay there was a bit of shared accommodation so we shared a room with Michael on an elevated “plateau”.

Malene and her cook group made lunch in the courtyard – nice with coleslaw - and then a walk down the main street to check out the local shops and do some shopping for the truck. Sunshine, blue sky and 25 degrees. In the afternoon most of us sat in the beautiful garden surrounded by lots of blossoming fruit trees. Kyrgyzstan has been good to us this morning and afternoon.

Nice morning

Holding on to lunch

Legs and roof top seats

Neill and Marine

Laura and Al

Nico

Donald and Adam

Two crazy "rejsebananer"

Two boys chasing us

Lotti, David, Ian and Paul

"wait for me"

Cementery

Chris, Colin, Malene and Mikkel

Nico and Micael

Homestay - shared accommodation

Fantastic garden with blosomming trees

Plov on the Outdoor stove

Fancy toilet

Malene, Marine and Carl

Enjoying the garden at our homestay