Song Kul Lake—pictures

This was the actual cup of Kymys that I gulped down, which left me hideously nauseous, stuffed up, and itching everywhere. Bad times.

 

A charred sheep’s head on a stick. You know, the usual.

 

A horse race on the jailoo

 

A lone shepherd on the jailoo

 

Kymys being left out in the sun to ferment. They were worried it wasn’t upsetting enough yet.

 

A yurt

 

More yurts

 

A lot of open space on the jailoo. You can see a couple yurts down below. The yurt I stayed in is way in the distance, on the shoreline.

 

I followed a shepherd up into the mountain. He’s on the left.

 

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