The pass that I turned away from climbing is just right of the center rock outcrop, inbetween the two snow patches.
Our turnaround veiw on the hike after setting up camp.
Evening outside our mountain hostel east of Karakol
Today we woke up and I realized that it wasn't hot enough to sit on the beach all day(even though it probably was still plus 30). It was overcast and not much direct sunlight and therefore swimming would be cold and there was not really anything to do in that town but go to the lake so we decided to head back to Bishkek a day earlier. I wasn't too bummed out seeing as my 12 glorious days in Greece are coming up in a short 7 weeks. So we packed up our stuff, headed to a store to get some food (chocolate bars, and 7up. I know mom not a really great breakfast/lunch, but it was all we could fine I promise i will eat some fruit tomorrow!!!) and then we headed off to the bus station to find a minibus back to bishkek.
Ok first of all let me just get this off my chest. If you are a parent and you know that from previous trips your kid gets car sick.. PLEASE DON'T FEED YOUR KID ON THE BUS!!!!! Can someone please translate that into Russian, Chinese, all languages really. I really don't feel the need to see the aftermath of car sickness. Everytime we take a bus somewhere someone gets sick and its really not making me want to take any more buses on those trips anymore. Not to mention in these minibuses the windows don't open, its hot, sticky and smelly, and the last thing i need is to smell puke. Sorry to gross all of you out but really we are not taking any more buses around mountains anymore.. im putting my foot down and i will pay the extra money to take a taxi. If Tyson says no to that, then i am going to make everyone in the car take one of my gravols so i dont have to worry about them puking. I am so not happy about bus trips. But now that i have vented and ranted i feel a little better. Oh and not to mention the Russian guy sitting next to Tyson reaked of Vodka and kept trying to tell us to come to a night club with him and his buddies we politely refused and when asked for our phone number we said we had no phone and the guy looked at us as if the world had stopped. "You no phone"with a shocked expression on his face. Tyson and I have decided that Canada is lacking in the cell phone buisness, everyone here has a cell phone and its like a sin not to as it seems. Also it seems like a sign of wealth or something that if your over 30 you need to have at least 1 or 2 gold teeth... its really weird.
Other than that, we got to bishkek and realized that it was really hot here and sticky and our apartment for the evening (we can't find our Russian land lady) has no fan. Now i wish i was back at the lake haha. Oh well you can't have it all. It is nice to be back in a comfortable surrounding again. Had some good Italian food again for dinner, and watched some much needed TV time during the afternoon. So much happens in a week when your in the mountains.
I would also like to say that I am impressed on how in China everyone knew and liked Steve Nash, and now in Kyrgyzstan everyone listens to Nelly Furtado.. good to see some Canadian influence half way around the world.
Tomorow is definently laundy day, our clothes are so gross that we are thinking of going to buy some cheap t-shirts to wear while we do laundy because all of our clothes are stinky and dirty and we have been putting laundry off for waaaaaaaaaay to long. Thats why we need some moms over here to help us do our laundry haha. Plus we are really lazy to actually hand wash our clothes so hopefully we can find a laundry mat. It is also shopping day because we are sick of lugging this box full of stuff around so we need to finish our shopping and then send the box in the mail, probably the last big shipment of assorted goodies for the trip. From there on we will A) be running out of money so, and B) have to just carry whatever else we buy in our packs.
Well thats all for now.
The agenda for the next couple of days is to do some errand stuff, go to the museum, do a day hike from bishkek, then head to Kochkor for 2 nights to do another day hike around there, then back to Bishkek and then off to Kazahkstan.
Take care,
Sara and Tyson
Ok first of all let me just get this off my chest. If you are a parent and you know that from previous trips your kid gets car sick.. PLEASE DON'T FEED YOUR KID ON THE BUS!!!!! Can someone please translate that into Russian, Chinese, all languages really. I really don't feel the need to see the aftermath of car sickness. Everytime we take a bus somewhere someone gets sick and its really not making me want to take any more buses on those trips anymore. Not to mention in these minibuses the windows don't open, its hot, sticky and smelly, and the last thing i need is to smell puke. Sorry to gross all of you out but really we are not taking any more buses around mountains anymore.. im putting my foot down and i will pay the extra money to take a taxi. If Tyson says no to that, then i am going to make everyone in the car take one of my gravols so i dont have to worry about them puking. I am so not happy about bus trips. But now that i have vented and ranted i feel a little better. Oh and not to mention the Russian guy sitting next to Tyson reaked of Vodka and kept trying to tell us to come to a night club with him and his buddies we politely refused and when asked for our phone number we said we had no phone and the guy looked at us as if the world had stopped. "You no phone"with a shocked expression on his face. Tyson and I have decided that Canada is lacking in the cell phone buisness, everyone here has a cell phone and its like a sin not to as it seems. Also it seems like a sign of wealth or something that if your over 30 you need to have at least 1 or 2 gold teeth... its really weird.
Other than that, we got to bishkek and realized that it was really hot here and sticky and our apartment for the evening (we can't find our Russian land lady) has no fan. Now i wish i was back at the lake haha. Oh well you can't have it all. It is nice to be back in a comfortable surrounding again. Had some good Italian food again for dinner, and watched some much needed TV time during the afternoon. So much happens in a week when your in the mountains.
I would also like to say that I am impressed on how in China everyone knew and liked Steve Nash, and now in Kyrgyzstan everyone listens to Nelly Furtado.. good to see some Canadian influence half way around the world.
Tomorow is definently laundy day, our clothes are so gross that we are thinking of going to buy some cheap t-shirts to wear while we do laundy because all of our clothes are stinky and dirty and we have been putting laundry off for waaaaaaaaaay to long. Thats why we need some moms over here to help us do our laundry haha. Plus we are really lazy to actually hand wash our clothes so hopefully we can find a laundry mat. It is also shopping day because we are sick of lugging this box full of stuff around so we need to finish our shopping and then send the box in the mail, probably the last big shipment of assorted goodies for the trip. From there on we will A) be running out of money so, and B) have to just carry whatever else we buy in our packs.
Well thats all for now.
The agenda for the next couple of days is to do some errand stuff, go to the museum, do a day hike from bishkek, then head to Kochkor for 2 nights to do another day hike around there, then back to Bishkek and then off to Kazahkstan.
Take care,
Sara and Tyson
Some random thoughts by Tyson (most likely false)
My thoughts about the gold teeth in middle aged women's mouths: I think that it is a good way to keep a hold of your money if you don't really trust the government or banks.
I think that the economic situation in Bishkek is strong at the moment, and people feel relatively safe about the future. Why I think this? Because of the number of pregant women walking around here, which is much higher than you'd expect to see.
People all over the world like to relax by a beach and have a couple of drinks, case and point the place we stayed at last night was identical to Sylvin Lake in Alberta expect for all the Russian.
Plus a question: Is the "Under My Umbrella" song popular at home too?
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