Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

... at the same tourist camp that we went to). I stayed at the yurt camp which was located right next to Lake Song Kul, an alpine lake. It is beautiful. The French couple camped right by the lake. The accommodation arranged through an agency is part ...

... shocked (or amused) by our equine inexperience! One other yurt-related fact for you: the circular image in the middle of Kyrgyzstan's flag is a tyndyk, a wheel with two three-ply struts, which supports the roof and forms a hole in the middle of the ...

... as we held our breath (there wasn't much to hold at this height) and smiling as ever completed our first river crossing. Song Kul Lake is one of nature’s finest mountain lakes. It is surrounded by vast mountains and is completely treeless as we are ...

... 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 5 people with just a couple of blankets for beds ...