We left Bishkek and took the A365 east to Tokmok.
Arriving at Tokmok. We'll stay here tonight and continue our drive to Issyk Kul Lake tomorrow.
The next morning, we left Tokmok after breakfast. We headed south to Shamshy and then east to Kemin.
The view leaving Tokmok and heading south to Shamshy
New house on the river near Shamshy
Old man walking his goats at Shamshy
We'll be turning left into Sovetskaya road to Orlovka and Kemin city
The road from Shamshy to Orlovka
A WWII memorial about 5km east of Shamshy
Another WWII memorial showing a wife and kid waiting for the husband to return home. This is at On Bir Zhylga village.
Some of the locals we meet along the way.
Lots of plum trees near Almalnu ( about 8km west of Orlovka)
Plucked a couple to try.. Not too bad.
Little kid playing with water.
We found a nice spot under a willow tree for our picnic lunch near Bordu village (about 3km west of Orlovka)...
missed bacon and eggs ...of course... Our simple lunch of baked beans, eggs and salad (minus the bacon) with bread and tea today.
At 3.40pm, we continued driving.
City of Orlovka, well known for its ski resort in winter time.
Lots of apple trees on the road sides at Orlovka.
Graveyard at Orlovka.
Udarnik village
At Kemin city
We dropped by a supermarket at Kemin to buy a bottle of Coke, melon, grapes and netarine.
Leaving Kemin.
We drove along Chu River on the A365, heading South East towards Issyk Kul Lake.
The A365 from Kemin to Issyk Kul Lake
Left the A365 and turned left to Chong Kemin Valley
Chong Kemin river on our right.
This river flows across Kungei-Ala Too to Illiysky Ala Too mountain ranges and joins the Chu River
The view near Topt Kul village
Green valley near Kaindy village
Lots of birds on the electric wires
Bird with a caterpillar he caught on the dirt track near Tegirmenti
On the dirt track to Tegirmenti village...
Following the dirt track... in search of a camp site for tonight
After asking for permission, we decided to camp here... not too far from the local family staying in their yurt.
The lady of the house served us some kymyz, mare's milk and something that looked like 'tauhu-pok' with fresh cream. The mare's milk is very light (ie. not as creamy as cow's milk) and has a sour tinge to it, definitely an acquired taste. We made fried pasta noodles for dinner and gave some to the lady. The little kid got a packet of biscuits.
Tidying up the next morning...
After saying our thank yous and good byes, we left our camp site by the yurt and retraced back our steps along Chong Kemin Valley to get back to the A365.
View of Chong Kemin Valley in the morning
Beekeeping at Chong Kemin Valley
Little calves soaking up the sun
Back on the A365 to Balykchi Town
See our next post for the next leg of our journey
Here's the route we travelled in this post.
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