Today we drove from Basshi in the Altyn Emel national park where having stayed at the caravan park with the delightful host Russian Victor. A slight panic when the car didn't seem to start but somehow I think I had activated the immobiliser.
The route took us through the Charyn Canyon but the visit proper is tomorrow. Also, a couple of directional lapses on the satnav but ultimately no big crises.
Arrived at Saty Aisha guest house about 5ish and had a lovely dinner of Malti(?) - dumplings not too dissimilar to kinkali from Georgia - the Georgian ones are more shaped like a flowers bulb - but the taste is more or less the same.
The guest house is very friendly - can a guest house be friendly? Anyway the people are. The main downside is the toilet paper which is the same as the Georgian half-ply toilet paper. No matter. I appropriated some toilet paper from the Ritz (I'm sure interpol must be on my case) so no sore bottoms.
Met a lovey couple from Singapore - Titus and Julia - who are heading into Kyrgyzstan today and who we may meet up with at a Bird of Prey festival on Saturday. We'll see.Les mer
5. august 2024, Kasakhstan ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C