Jalal-Abad to Naryn, (5/X); 24th July

24th July

Heavy rain overnight. Quick dip in river to wake up.

Long climbing day. At the top of the pass, we met Guilleaume (last met in Khorog), who had been joined by his dad also on a motorbike. His plans had changed as he was having issues with his motorbike and had to get it serviced in Osh.

It is lucky timing that we met Guillaume right at the top of the pass, so we could take pictures of each other!

He was scrapping going into Mongolia, and decided to head back to Osh and leave the motorbike there, with the hope of returning in 2025 to continue the trip. (I later heard from him that night that the motorbike stopped working shortly after we met, and they had to flag down a flatbed lorry to get it back to Osh. They had given us their water when we met -- turned out they needed it more than we did as they were stuck for a bit waiting for a lift)

The descent had really interesting rock formations... cream coloured rock which seemed to have been shaped by someone running their fingers through them like clay

We had been planning to stay at homestay but turned off to see a campspot. It was close to a footpath, so not an ideal spot, and we regretted not going to the homestay initially.

I was worried about passer by’s as we were close to a footpath. One guy who had been fishing walked up to me and shook my hand with Akuda, brat (where are you from, brother?), which put me at ease.

View from a hill above the campspot. In the end, not a bad choice to stay

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