点评:I had the pleasure of going on the two-day horse trek, organised by Askar and Aijan.
An absolute life highlight and a real bucket list moment. Aijan speaks great English and was incredibly responsive over WhatsApp so communication was seamless. While her and Askar were away in Bishkek during my trek, I was kindly welcomed into their home the evening before and was looked after by Dinar, Askar’s mother, who fed me so much wonderful food I was worried about the poor horse for the following morning.
I was very lucky to have the best guide, Yntymak, who was very patient even when I was going very slow and didn’t really know what I was doing. His horses were very well behaved and although there was not a lot of shared language, it was lots of fun and very easy to get to know each other using a translation app. Could not speak of him more highly!
The trek itself was stunningly beautiful, and this is coming from a New Zealander who thought NZ had unbeatable scenery. The evening stay in the yurt was lots of fun, playing cards and having dinner with a few other trekkers who were also staying in the camp.
I would absolutely recommend this trek to anyone coming to Kyrgyzstan. The tour is 100% local / family operated and truly cannot be compared to commercial tours elsewhere (this experience was much more special). I had no prior horse riding experience and found it very manageable however, I would say that to be kind to yourself, the horse and those looking after you, it would be good to have a base level of fitness.
Thank you Aijan, Askar, Dinar and Yntymak!
翻译:我有幸参加了由阿斯卡尔和艾詹组织的为期两天的骑马之旅。
这绝对是我人生中的一大亮点,也是我梦想清单上的一项。艾詹的英语说得非常好,而且在WhatsApp上回复也很及时,所以沟通非常顺畅。在我骑马期间,她和阿斯卡尔去了比什凯克,前一天晚上我受到了他们家的热情款待,阿斯卡尔的母亲迪娜尔也照顾了我。她给我准备了那么多美味的食物,以至于我都担心第二天早上我的马会饿坏。
我非常幸运地遇到了最好的向导因蒂马克,即使我走得很慢,而且不太清楚自己在做什么,他也非常有耐心。他的马匹非常温顺,虽然我们语言不通,但整个过程充满乐趣,而且通过翻译软件很容易就能互相了解。我对因蒂马克赞不绝口!
徒步旅行本身风景美得令人窒息,要知道,我可是新西兰人,一直认为新西兰的风景无与伦比。在蒙古包里度过的夜晚非常愉快,我们和几位同样住在营地的徒步旅行者一起玩牌、吃晚餐。
我绝对会向所有来吉尔吉斯斯坦的人推荐这条徒步路线。这条路线完全由当地人/家庭经营,与其他地方的商业旅行团截然不同(这次体验更加特别)。我之前没有任何骑马经验,但感觉骑起来很轻松。不过,为了自己、马匹和照顾你的人着想,最好还是有一定的体能基础。
谢谢Aijan、Askar、Dinar和Yntymak!