Day 91, 26th August
We set off as soon as we woke because we thought it a bit cheeky to eat breakfast in the car park of a restaurant. We were flagged down by … Read more
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Day 90, August 25th Toktogul Lake
After a very pleasant meeting with Jim and Sonia we had an excellent night’s sleep and a splendid breakfast at the Albatros Hotel. We stocked up with provisions at the … Read more
Day 89 August 24th
We arrived in Bishkek this morning and got a taxi for £5 for the 22 mile drive to the excellent Albatros Hotel on Gorki Street. We had spent a night … Read more
Day 84-88, June 25-29, Bishkek
Some very lazy days while we stayed in Bishkek. Spent ages trying to find the Asia Mountain hotel as recommended by the Lonely Planet book, basically because I confused Gorki … Read more
Day 83, 24th June, Bishkek
The day started dry and misty but, as we wound our way round the reservoir, the weather deteriorated. After the village of Toktogul, the road started to rise through a … Read more
Day 82, 23rd June, Toktogul
Driving from Taldyk village (nowhere near the Taldyk Pass) towards Osh, we were delighted to see a sign saying “Bishkek 655 kms” and we turned right, glad that we didn’t … Read more
Day 81, 22nd June, Taldyk
We made Murgab in about an hour, a rather large town but only slightly more up-market than Alichur. Nothing to stop for so we pressed on to the Ak Baital … Read more
Day 80, 21st June, Alichur
Assumed the road to Murgab would be atrocious so gave ourselves two days to get there. Relaxed in the hotel struggling with the very slow wifi until about midday then … Read more
Day 79, 20th June, Khorog
The journey from Kalai Khumb to Khorog is 143 miles consisting of about 30 miles of quite good road and the rest about the worst we have been on. It … Read more
Day 78, 19th June, Kalai-Khumb
The most scary journey of my life. It started off OK with a good road from Obigarm to Darband, then the sign to Khorog sent us off on an unmetalled … Read more