Bishkek blog: life in the Kyrgyzstan capital

Your kumis is ready, sir

An English lesson in the mountains

Had my first opportunity to see the mountain scenery of southern Kyrgyzstan on Sunday when I went there with a group of students at the language school where I’m volunteering. It was billed as a fun English-speaking day out, and that was exactly what we had. After a two-hour minibus ride across, at times, some pretty bumpy roads (and stop for some refreshing kumis  – fermented horse’s milk, which I’m getting a taste for) we hiked up to an idyllic (the only word I can think of) spot next to a river in the alpine mountains and played some langauge games, did a quiz and ate a fantastic lunch of a smoked lamb and potato stew, cooked over an open fire. Definitely a Kyrgyzstan highlight.