Today was a relatively short ride with the aim of Karakol at the end of the day in a hostel where a good shower after a night camping makes all the different.
My plan for camping goes generally in this fashion. One night of camping and one night in hostel the day after. Very rarely do I plan to camp two nights in a row. The lack of toilet and shower is the massive deterrent on continuous camping if I can avoid it.
Along the way to Karakol, I did a detour to see the Seven Bulls rock formation. Going into the valley I saw a familiar Van. Roll up to the Van and nobody was home. Looking around, I found Chye & May by the river in a cozy shed eating fish for their brunch. Hello again. I joined them for tea, and we exchanged stories for the last few days where we all had different adventure and experience.
Along the way to Karakol, I did a detour to see the Seven Bulls rock formation. Going into the valley I saw a familiar Van. Roll up to the Van and nobody was home. Looking around, I found Chye & May by the river in a cozy shed eating fish for their brunch. Hello again. I joined them for tea, and we exchanged stories for the last few days where we all had different adventure and experience.
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| Seven Bulls Rock |
Less than half an hour later, Bern & Ita rolled up without plan and joined us for fish. More stories and adventure exchange and after brunch, we all parted ways again.
No longer bound by a tour guide we did our own things now and if the plans cross path, we would meet up again traveling together for a short while and then move on. The three of us would do this all through Central Asia forming the little group after the big China Tour.
Seven Bulls was massive rock formation that jut out looking majestic among the grassy landscape. I decided to try going the longer detour way towards Karakol looking at the map, zooming in endlessly to find the small little path that winds around endlessly to finally exit back to the main road near Karakol.
Seven Bulls was massive rock formation that jut out looking majestic among the grassy landscape. I decided to try going the longer detour way towards Karakol looking at the map, zooming in endlessly to find the small little path that winds around endlessly to finally exit back to the main road near Karakol.
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| Little Trail Path into the mountains |
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| Soft soil road Trail in Kyrgyzstan |
Time was of abundance and if I don’t reach Karakol today, there was always a possibility of camping again. The little road became quite small and while still possible, after an hour fighting the path and not being able to enjoy the beautiful scenery around me, I decided the thrill is not worth it. A turnaround and back to the main road it was.
Along the way to Karakol, Chye & May send me a message asking for the hostel I was looking at. We all met up at the same hostel and explored Karakol for a few days. I explored for a few days while Chye & May pushed on earlier to Jyrgalan to camp after extracting the info from me.
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| Find a Travel Buddy Notice Board in a Hostel at Karakol - Kyrgyzstan |
Jyrgalan was a possible campsite or daytrip to me from Karakol depending on how nice it was. I ended up with two nights in Karakol doing almost nothing other than updating my journal.
It was a good city with cheap hostel to slow down a little and since I was hopping from place to place every-night since Naryn, this was a good break.
Travelled on: June 2024
Travelled on: June 2024
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