Day 70. Osh - Toktogul
We have shed another 5kg. Not us- bits and pieces we haven’t needed and some gifts and nic nacs including a 5 day old broken camera we have shipped home. So once we got this chore done we set off for Toktogul reservoir We didn’t get off to the best of starts as Maps.me directed us via Uzbekistan, we wondered why all the trucks were lined up along the road. Doh. So route recalculation and we are out of Osh after about an hour. Kurien and Jason are with us for one last day and night so that is nice. They will return to Osh tomorrow. There are some roads you ride on and you think, why the hell am I doing this on a motorcycle, then there are roads and you think, why doesn’t everyone ride motorcycles. Well today we had both. Bumpy and potholed followed by sublime tarmac through a spectacular gorge. This gorge has been dammed in places and forms a large hydro scheme. The surrounding mountain range is devoid of vegetation but the colours are beautiful, shades of grey and...