28. August 2026

Day 114: Kyrgyzstan

Overview

Driving duration: 3:58 h
Distance: 162 km
Avg Speed: 41 km/h
Start: Ak Say
End: Guest House Riverside
Night Location: 42°28'39" N 78°23'4" E

Kyrgyzstan

I started the day with a run, that felt amazing! But I’m also realising that I lost quite some of my training fitness. Running 8 km isn’t feeling easy anymore… let’s hope to get it back soon. Anyway, it was great to start the day like this. Then a quick swim in the cold Issyk Kul, super refreshing because the sun was already burning during the run.

After we had breakfast it was time to pack up and then we started the drive towards Karakol, a large city in the east of Kyrgyzstan. Compared to yesterday the road was mixed, sometimes good new tarmac, then old and super bumpy dirt road. We still made good progress though and in the later afternoon we made it. A quick stop at the tourist office, Nicole wants to do a horse tour tomorrow, and then to the guesthouse. It’s laundry time, so we took the chance to stay at the guesthouse, but sleep outside in Sprinty.