[gpgt] din0's sg50 trip!!!

[hungryfriend]

how u engage the guide one?
can have more details bro?

 

[Din0saurus]

my guide said we walked about 9km yesterday, although the phone said 13km. today, it's gonna be 5km of easier terrain.

5.5hrs later. we got to the next yurt. uncle sibei unfit liao i thought.

but my phone says 19km leh. almost a bmt route march. #@$%&.

almost wanted to steal her toy!

the children damn strong. don't think she's much bigger than her younger sis.

 

[Din0saurus]

how u engage the guide one?
can have more details bro?

email this guy if you're going to osh. his name is Talant. definitely pricey but he is reliable. didn't charge me extra although i got stuck at the chinese border and the driver was already there, so he had to spend the night at their side of the border. also gave me a discount when i wanted to cancel the last night's yurt stay and head to the city 1 night earlier instead cos i was getting tired of life in the mountains but i told him to keep it as tips.

i was in contact with another coordinator from community based tourism (cbt) but Talant is a lot more responsive. also, they customize everything. i thought it was copy and past but i couldn't find any itinerary like mine online or even photos of the places he was going to bring me for the matter. i confirmed this when i met an angmoh volunteering there. she saw another guy painstakingly type out an itinerary from scratch, attaching pictures and stuff. possible mine.

cbtgulcho@mail.ru

if you're starting from bishkek, i can't help.

 

[TuaLiYa]

try asking the zehzeh for sex when u are horny

 

[Din0saurus]

plov. central asian nasi briyani. my friend thinks plov is tastier than nasi briyani but she's russian. pffft. it's good but i like briyani better.

oh and this is how kymyz is made. they ferment horse's milk in a goat skin bag that has been smoked. that explains the black bits and smokiness. my guide likes the fact that the skin imparts a bit of flavor to the kymyz.

they start the fermentation in the morning and stir it throughout the day. by afternoon, it becomes samaal. which is between kymyz and horse milk. the lactose hasn't been fully fermented, so it's still slightly sweet but too much gives you the runs. the next morning, it becomes kymyz.

nothing to do so i napped along with the children.

here, they tie a rope to the ceiling and wrap a mattress around it to make a cot you can swing. she loves it.

 

[Din0saurus]

next day just chiong straight to the next yurt cos bored already. got there too early and had to wait 2hrs for my guide to get here and pick me up cos they see my horse riding skillz no up.

 

[Din0saurus]

Nice snaky roads. From here, how was the travel? 4 wheel drive? Yurts look odd beside such nice looking tarmac roads..

Edit: Carrying the tripod best decision. So many panos

about 1.5hr to osh. my guide's car is that subaru that can cross rivers but he came in his bro-in-law's toyota to pick me up. most of the cars are 2nd hand exports from europe and japan. quite nice when he starts the engine and the system greets you in japanese.

most of the panos are done free hand! surprisingly i didn't have ANY starry night to do long exposures for the entire trip.

 

[Din0saurus]

stayed in a 'suite' when i got to osh cos din0 ish gcp!!!!

and also the 'suites' are on the 7th floor and i have a clear view of sulaiman too.

Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Kyrgyzstan dominates the Fergana Valley and forms the backdrop to the city of Osh, at the crossroads of important routes on the Central Asian Silk Roads. For more than one and a half millennia, Sulaiman was a beacon for travellers revered as a sacred mountain. Its five peaks and slopes contain numerous ancient places of worship and caves with petroglyphs as well as two largely reconstructed 16th century mosques. One hundred and one sites with petroglyphs representing humans and animals as well as geometrical forms have been indexed in the property so far. The site numbers 17 places of worship, which are still in use, and many that are not. Dispersed around the mountain peaks they are connected by footpaths. The cult sites are believed to provide cures for barrenness, headaches, and back pain and give the blessing of longevity. Veneration for the mountain blends pre-Islamic and Islamic beliefs. The site is believed to represent the most complete example of a sacred mountain anywhere in Central Asia, worshipped over several millennia.

sauce: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1230

night view.

 

[TwMilkTeaTw]

Jin jellly man

 

[mata_hippo]

nice pics

i got no balls to go such "uncommon" destinations

 

[Laguna123]

stayed in a 'suite' when i got to osh cos din0 ish gcp!!!!


night view.

Very nice night view.
So you are back to Kyrgyzstan then to SG?
The city looks safe and peaceful.

 

[Din0saurus]

Very nice night view.
So you are back to Kyrgyzstan then to SG?
The city looks safe and peaceful.

already back in sg for a while. that's when i start processing photos. waste of time to do it overeseas. nothing to do might as well take nap or drink beer.

osh is a nice city indeed!

 

[Din0saurus]

peace and harmony temple, yo~

ruskis blasted a hole to make a museum. dunno whether to cringe or laugh at how ridiculous the whole thing is.

not like it's a great museum some more.

it's quite a big hole...

 

[Din0saurus]

nice pics

i got no balls to go such "uncommon" destinations

i overestimated myself this time cos my first backpacking trip was in south america and i didn't speak any spanish at all. thought this would be nothing but i was wrong.

 

[Laguna123]

peace and harmony temple, yo~

ruskis blasted a hole to make a museum. dunno whether to cringe or laugh at how ridiculous the whole thing is.

How do u access the museum is like higher up in the mountain?

 

[Laguna123]

i overestimated myself this time cos my first backpacking trip was in south america and i didn't speak any spanish at all. thought this would be nothing but i was wrong.

Language is the biggest obstacle for this trip?

 

[Impz82]

Dino Jin satki and jelly u go on trip. I think once I finish my itinerary, also share with edmw for fun...

 

[Laguna123]

Dino Jin satki and jelly u go on trip. I think once I finish my itinerary, also share with edmw for fun...

Where is your exotic trip?

 

[sTiCkY]

got ask got chance ma. go overseas 1st priority. new camera is 2nd.



that's what i thought! is jin ho jiak.

you malaysian???

Lol.. I go Malaysia a lot.. And I worked there for a few months :/

The plov looks so good..

And I think the distances he tell u are straight line distance

 

[TwMilkTeaTw]

Thanks for sharing.