Ala Archa - again

So with a couple of days to kill in Bishkek before I try to apply for a Chinese visa we decided to go to Ala Archa again. I'd been here a month ago with a cold and had struggled. Didn't quite make it to the waterfall. This time there was a group of four of us - Me, Lisa, Noah (Australian/Japanese) and Lucia (Chinese/Hong Kong). We set off a quite a lick and made it to the waterfall (and back) with 3/4 of an hour to spare before the taxi arrived. The rivers were much lower than they had been previously and the scenery was much more autumnal. Given that it is now autumn I guess that's not too surprising. On the way back we took a much steeper descent route and my legs were killing me for a couple of days afterwards.Read more