Up very early & discovered that it had rained heavily during the night & was still raining. Departed around 7am.
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| Repaired Puce Goose at the hotel & ready to leave the next morning for Naryn |
We still have a few overheating issues but manageable. Car running well.
Reasonable to ordinary road through spectacular snow tipped mountain ranges.
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| Rutted road on which we got stuck & had to reverse, scraping all the way |
We passed the biosphere reserve of Lake Issyk Kul & then over the rough Dolon Pass (3,050 metres).
We arrived at the Celestial Mountains Guest House at 2.30pm to discover that the only room available was in a yurt out in the garden.
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| The graveyards in Kyrgyzstan were like little villages. Certainly from a distance you thought there was a village coming up |
Looking at the car we discovered that the bottom driver’s side cross tube had broken, the rubber radiator support purchased & installed at Bishkek had sheared, & a bolt in the rear suspension had come loose & was partially out.
The Guest House caretaker, Manas, when I asked about welding, produced an arc welder which he used along with amazing ingenuity to solve our front suspension issue. He also assisted with the radiator realignment and the partly fallen out back bolt.
His wife works at the guest house as cook, and after we gave him some USD for his efforts, we got a very good dinner indeed. Again, another example of people helping without real expectation of reward, Morgans seem to bring out the best in everyone.
A good nights sleep in our yurt, quite comfy and warm
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| We stayed in this urt in Naryn: view of the Morgan parked outside |
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