After a long day a group of us decided to take an excursion into the Ala-Archa National Park, about an hour drive from Bishkek. In one of the pictures above is a traditional Kyrgyz yurt which is a home used primarily by nomadic herdsmen due to its transportability. The yurt is also the location where some of the group members tried to get me to drink koumiss which is unpasteurized, fermented horse milk. I politely declined the offer. The national park is where I was also introduced to the Kyrgyz tradition of guzzling vodka, eating a large meal, and then climbing up the side of a glacier.
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