You’ve twisted my arm… there will be more postcards from Kyrgyzstan, but back to the photos. Three pictures taken within an hour from three spots no more than 10m from each other. This was our last parkup officially in Kyrgyzstan and the middle image is looking towards Tajikistan and the Kyrzl-Art pass. This pass, at 4280m above sea level is in the Trans-Alay range and is rugged and dry mostly. Which is convenient because the “road” is treacherous in the wet with steep, muddy switchbacks that can be impossible to navigate when wet. Our border crossing was very quick - 22mins out of Kyrgyzstan (15mins of which was waiting for them to let us in) and then in to Tajikistan was less than 1hr. #photography #overlandfamily #decentralisedliving

Postcards from Kyrgyzstan #8 and a different style of “postcard.” All filmed in the last 4 days. Today we crossed the border in to Tajikistan. So this will be (may be… I have quite the backlog!) the last Kyrgyz postcard for a while. All thoughts welcome. Do you like this style of postcard or prefer the image collages? 📍Tulpar Lake / Lenin Peak / Sary Tash #overlandlife #photography #kyrgyzstan #decentralisedliving

Family portraits… we don’t get them everywhere we go, but it’s always fun to do when we get the chance. All three of these from this year. Top… parked at a wind farm in Greece. Middle… a refreshing mountain stream in Kazakhstan. Bottom… heading down from Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan. #overlandfamily #globalexplorers #borderlessliving #decentralisedlife #photography

Mother Nature continues to assert her dominance by pointing out how small and insignificant we really are. Even in a 15t truck. #photography #kyrgyzstan #overlandlife

I often get asked why we chose this lifestyle of living in a truck travelling the world. The answer is both complex and simple. I’ve never been one to conform to the normal way of life and frankly I’d rather drive around the world seeing places than sit in an office dreaming of places. From a family perspective, the most important years of your child’s life are the early ones. This way I get to spend 24/7 with Isla. To watch her grow and develop and to have a big hand in how that goes. To show her other people, places, creeds and cultures and hope that she realises we are all one people. Not to mention I get to show her the world before humans completely destroy it. I also have quite the issue with the normal education system. But that’s probably a topic for another day (not because I had a bad experience, far from it, I just don’t think it’s setup to allow people to thrive and achieve their potential.) Anyway, for the foreseeable future, when someone asks that question, I’ll just show them this video and hopefully that’ll be enough reason and explanation. #overlandlife #exploremore #borderlessliving #kyrgyzstan

Travel fact: Kyrgyzstan is 93% Mountains and has an average height of 2750m above sea level. Mostly formed by the Tian Shan or “Celestial Mountains” range, but also including the Pamir Mountain range too. There are three peaks over 7000m - Pobeda Peak being the tallest at 7439m, Lenin Peak at 7134m and Khan Tengri at 7010m. #travelstr #photography #overlanding #mountains #livefree

GN Nostr 🌌 Milky Way over Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan. #photography #overlanding

Today had quite a lot going for it. We left the Tulpar Lake region and retraced our steps down the track to Sary Mogul. Then we drove 14km along the road before turning on to the track that leads to Lenin Peak base camp - where we’d hiked to yesterday. If we thought the Tulpar Lake track was pretty, the Lenin Peak track was off the charts. And now we’re parked above a glacial river, looking at Lenin Peak and the sun has just set turning the rainbow coloured mountains all sorts of shades of pinks and purples. This is what overlanding gives you - freedom, mobility, borderless living and the chance to put your house in the most beautiful places in the world. #photography #overlandfamily #kyrgyzstan #borderlessliving

We’re on our way to start the Pamir Highway, but with the Ak-Baital pass at 4655m to go over, altitude acclimation from this direction is particularly important. So we’ve wound our way to Tulpar Kul, or Tulpar Lakes. At the foot of Mt Lenin (7134m tall and one of the tallest mountains in the former Soviet Union) they are a series of high altitude lakes around 3500m up that make a great space to let the body prepare for the thinner air. We’ll spend two nights here and then head up the Lenin Peak track to get a bit higher still, and then we’ll head for the Tajikistan Border and that 4655m crossing. Expect more pictures from these lakes if the weather clears, because they are spectacular. 📍Kyrgyzstan #livefree #overlandfamily #photography

Postcards from Kyrgyzstan #6 The Barksoon Valley might be a name you’ve heard of… if you’re interested in the history of space travel. Why I hear you ask? Because after Yuri Gagarin launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in current-day Kazakhstan, he landed back to earth and then travelled to this valley in current-day Kyrgyzstan to recuperate. With the clear mountain air, glorious forests and huge waterfalls, not to Mention the views back over Issyk-Kul to the mountains that separate Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan you can see why you’d want to hang out there after being the first man in space. #travelfacts #kyrgyzstan #livefree

Today we drove 213km. We lost a wheel rim clip. (Quite important!) We lost two traction boards. (Also quite important) We nearly ran out of fuel. (Actually also pretty important!) But it was an adventure! All this despite the fact we were driving on a “main” road. Thing is, “main” roads in Kyrgyzstan hit a little different…

Postcards from Kyrgyzstan #4 How can you not fall in love with a place that looks like this and has so much space and freedom? If you have any desire for adventure and wild spaces, this should be top of your hit list.

GN Nostr 🌅 Enjoy this triptych of a huge braided river valley from the air near Kara-Say, Kyrgyzstan. #earthfromabove

As parking places go, this is quite the cracker. 📍Ak-Say Canyon, Kyrgyzstan

GN Nostr 🌅 I’ll leave you tonight with a question… you want to go overlanding, which of these two do you choose? The Toyota Troopy on the left; small and nimble, or our MAN HX60 truck on the right; the big brute for whom the word nimble doesn’t exist! There’s no right or wrong, just personal opinion of what would suit you better to drive around the world. #livefree

GM Nostr 🌅 The morning after the night before brings moody cloud and smatterings of rain. But after the 35degrees of Almaty the last couple of days… we’ll take it! #lifeisanadventure #overlandfamily #livefree

If you have vertigo, probably best avoid this. But if you want to see an expedition truck crossing a 3300m high mountain pass in SPECTACULAR Kyrgystan…. 👇 #overlandlife #alternativelifestyle #livefree #overlandfamily

Suddenly feeling very, very small despite being in a 15ton truck. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 #mountainlife #overlandfamily #expeditiontruck

We have been in Kyrgyzstan about 48hrs and I can tell you already it is epic. I think we’re going to enjoy our time here if these first couple of days are anything to go by. #livefree #overlandlife #kyrgyzstan #overlandfamily #karabuurapass

GN Nostr 🌅 Well that was unexpected about half an hour before sunset when the sky was full of cloud and the sun was invisible. 😍 #livefree #overlandlife