The flight to Kyrgyzstan was horrible… I has so little space for my legs in the TU-154 that I was forced to stay at least 10 minutes every hour to relax…
Osh – dry and hot weather… I went to the bus station asking for the bus through the border to China. Yes, they said there are two Chineese buses waiting but we are not sure when they will depart. It is Friday tomorrow and they close the border on the Irkeshtam Pass on Fridays for the weekend! I found the person in charge… There is no fixed timetable… He said the bus probably will depart in the evening… I took the risk and paid for the ticket: It is 50 USD and 100 som for Osh-Kashgar route. They asked me to come with the luggage at 8 pm. There was nobody at the bus at 8 pm. The bus was locked. What is going on? Take it easy!… More passengers came… We departed at 9.30 pm. They said we shuuld be at the border next morning. The road was so bumpy that it was not possible to sleep on the bus. Shall we reach the Irkeshtam Pass before they will close the border for 3 days?
