Drunk on a Kazak Horse

The view from my hotel room!

Strong spirits, fermented horse milk, a dead sheep and liver kebabs make for an interesting meal.  This combination seems to make you think that heading off through the Kazak scenery with a random chap that you've just met (who has a horse) is a good idea.

Arrival in Nanshan

We had a great day today. A bus picked us up in the morning to take us to the Nanshan observatory.  I saw the largest ground-hog in the World.  And lots of eagles.  We clambered around on the telescope for a while and then continued up into the mountains for lunch with a local family that has known Dick Manchester for 15+ years.  They killed a sheep specially for us and we ate it in their yurt.  Then I got drunk.

Preparing to climb on the telescope

The view from the telescope

Dick walking to lunch

Lunch time!

The freshly killed sheep

The owners of the yurt

Inside our yurt

The "ceiling"

My beautiful horse

Back in Changji

A hole for the largest ground hogs that I've ever seen

Dinner in a hui restaurant in Changji