Osh & Sary Mogul - Pamir Highway part 1

I headed back to Osh via a couple more days in Bishkek as I'd managed to arrange a ride share for a Pamir Highway trip. The Pamir Highway is a mountain road through the Pamir mountains, built in the 1930s by the Soviet Union for transporting troops and provisions. It is one of the highest roads in the world and is famous for being a spectacular journey.
I met up with my ride-share mates Ed from London and Huyên from Vietnam and we hit the highway for our 7 day trip. The flatlands of Osh soon gave way to mountains and village life, we headed over the Taldyck Pass at 3600m (12,000ft) and on towards Tulparkol Lake and hiked to the viewpoint of Lenin Peak.
As it was so late in the season it was freezing by night and way too cold for sleeping in the yurt camps, so we all voted to head to a nice heated guest house with hot water in Sary Mogul village, where we had lots of hot tea and hearty Central Asian food. Central Asian food typically consists of dumpling or noodle soups, meat dumplings, plov (like pilau) and stewed meat. Not my usual fare but perfect for this weather!Read more