A long walk to the restaurant on the resort campus — but worth the view.
Open air Historical Museum of Petroglyphs dating back to the Bronze Age.
CLICK for Sergey’s Russian accent.
local bug.
CLICK. Rocks with drawings everywhere.
Lake Issyk Kul Lake — 90 miles long.
HAMS, all.
Can’t get away from our Coke!!
Rukh Ordo Cultural Center. So beautifful and serene with music wafting. Established in early 2000’s by prominent poet, writer and public figure Chingiz Aitmatov. The chapels represent different religions including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Judaism.
CLICK. Even those trees were hand-made
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Not sure why there is that huge empty pool. Liz bet me I couldn’t make the first picture of a mountain. Hmmm.
Ringing this bell brings good luck. GGGOOOOOONNNGGG!
Love this.
Some guy practicing. Archery is a favorite sport in Kyrg.
Can’t help myself getting on a double-humped camel. Bought a coffee mug, deck of playing cards, a tiny yurt and finished my shopping here at the gift shop.
This is the little instrument the young girl was playing at dinner several days ago.
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Fun in the water. Nothing to kill you in this lake.
Boat ride out on the lake with snacks. The string cheese was so interesting that we hit the grocery store in Bishkek to bring some home.
Back to the petroglyphs — a little out of order.
I like to think I was atop a 200 foot rock in the first picture.
And Hurricane Erin was threatening Florida while we were gone.