Kyrgyzstan
Together with a friend I made a ~2 weeks trip through east Kyrgyzstan shortly before moving to Oman.
One of the best parts was a 5 day trip to a glacier. It was my first trip with a tent through mountains and it was great. For following trips we made a list of things we forgot to take. That list has quite some entries now ^^
Pictures
Small part of the Issyk-Kul in the north west.
North west of the Issyk-Kul. The picture was taken towards the mountains in the north.
Horse race during the World Nomad Games 2016 in Cholpon-Ata.
Finals of Kok-boru Kasachstan vs. Kyrgyzstan during the World Nomad games 2016. Two teams of riders have to grab a beheaded goat and throw it in the other teams goal. It is the most famous game in Kyrgyzstan and some other countries in the area. Kyrgyzstan won the finals ;)
Glacier water river that we followed on our 5 day trip up to the glacier.
My back and an awesome view into the valley we trekked through ^^
Me carrying our camping equipment and some horses.
A small lake right next to our first camping site.
We had to improvise a bit in order to keep the gas warm enough. At our highest camping site we weren't able to cook and at a bit lower sites constructions like this were necessary to keep the gas coming.