we're off on the horses ready for a three-day track a little bit nervous but
looks like we'll be bringing up the rear
what a place for lunch
how are you enjoying this I love it it's beautiful scenery great horses it's a
lot of fun
It is said that horses are the wings of the Kyrgzyk a nomadic people
who have relied on the horse for two and a half thousand years to carry yurts and
people over mountains when visiting this small yet proud Central Asian country
you must take a horse trek into the stunning Jyrgalan Valley
Well we have
arrived at our camp for the night in this beautiful valley surrounded by
horses what a great place to spend an evening here in Kyrgyzstan
and here's camp for the night and hey we have a special guest
it's my favorite
time of the day here while trekking it's tea time right guys
we're at the top of the world here in Kyrgyzstan
let me tell you you don't realize how sore you are until you get back on the
horse from the day before
so for westerners like me I gotta do my horse
stretches in the morning
ready
a multi-day horse trek in Jyrgalan is not easy the mountains are steep it's a very
rocky trail and the high altitude trek is hard on both the horse and the rider
see how deep the mud is
go to the right
little rough for the horses we had to walk now they're ready to go
We're just herding some cattle
just riding on horses and then some cattle drive came through they're moving from
the mountain down to warmer lands
see you at the top
nearly there
off we go
so we're on our way back from our Boz-Uchuk Lake hike this is the Boz-Uchuk
lake Trek that we did on horseback and when we got here I guess it was around 5
o'clock 5 or 6 o'clock our guides told us that the horses can't go to Boz-Uchuk
lake but the problem is we have six hours on a horse tomorrow and then that
then we would also have a six hour round trip of hiking so we're not going to be
able to do it so sadly we're gonna miss Boz-Uchuk Lake it's difficult for
the horses to get here because one they can't do too long of days they can't
start later early in the morning because of the wet wet grass so we have to start
at 10:00 every day and then they're quite slow going up and down the passes
because it's extremely steep so you can hike it faster and that's the way to see
these lakes but Wow it is one beautiful Trek anyway
well the welcome-wagon is coming to say goodbye