Day 60 to Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan, 129km, 5239 to date.  545m up, 1583m end

Into camp fairly early, looks like thunder and lightning this evening.

We are camped near the town of Kochkor, so we hear the call to prayer, first call is at 04:30, last seems to be about 23:00.   We are in a Sunni area, hence 5 calls to prayer a day.  First about an hour before sunrise, then an hour later, once during the day, once at sunset then the last an hour later.

This area has very dry valleys with snow caped peaks in background.

Some pics:

Another of these nicely decorated bus shelters:

This is fairly typical dress of the older women: