While Karakol was nice to lay back and just chill doing chores like updating journal and laundry, the mountain was calling in Kyrgyzstan and little detours and potential camping site was all there was in my mind.
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| Holy Trinity Cathedral in Karakol |
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| Karakol Weekend Flea Market |
Most free times was basically checking maps and more maps looking for roads that goes somewhere and nowhere. I rode towards Jyrgalan in the morning, not fazed by the lousy road it took me to get there for it was an exploration journey in a way.
The view at every stop was breathtaking, never a dull moment. I reached Jyrgalan at noon squinting at the sleepy defunct once mining town and decided to snack my lunch near the monument.
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| Beautiful Nature en route to Jyrgalan |
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| Jyrgalan Mining Monument |
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| Jyrgalan little Town |
Beautiful, but the weather was changing fast as I spy the little black clouds rolling in. It was very tempting to set camp but the little droplets in mid-afternoon made me decide to push on and hopefully out run the rain.
I manage to skirt it somehow leaving Jyrgalan with minimal spatter not requiring me to suit up but a message from Chye & May told me that Jyrgalan was snowing now as I left. I had no idea they were still there and thought they had left the day before.
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| Riding onwards towards sunshine |
Back to the dusty main road, I rode on for a while ending up somewhere near the northeastern side of Issyk-Kul lake near the little town of Chong Oruktu.
A little path towards the lake which had a few swimmers around but going round the bush gave me some lovely shelter from the eyes as I set up camp, cook my dinner and watch the sunset.
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| Camping by Issyk Kul Lake (Northern Side) |
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| Sunset by Issky-Kul Lake |
Travelled on: June 2024
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