belson

My "top list" of countries before this travel was:

-Georgia

-Kyrgyzstan

-Pakistan

... And I end up spending only 24 hours in Kyrgyzstan, and that on a bus...

Great planning.

 

But it was kind of exciting. We drove all night and in the early morning the bus stopped. I looked out, there were trucks blocking the road. We moved like one meter per hours for some hours, and then we could see the truck that tipped over in the road. The bus has to pass on the outside in a small area, really close to a steep. The bus driver was stressed and screamed at us to get out of the bus. I brought my computer and left my backpack going down with the bus (and the driver) then we watched the bus slowly try to pass, about as close it is possible to get to a steep, and the lady next to me was calling Allah loudly. It was really exciting, and lucky us - the bus made it. 

After this we spent many hours stuck in the snow along with about 200 trucks.

And I had no choice, I really needed to pee, we were in the middle of the pass, no trees, nowhere to hide, and about 200 truck drivers. Nice. I think they all saw me, problebly. 

After 15 hours we finally got through. Bribed us through the border crossings (that were closed), spent a long time at the Chinese custom (they're terrible)  and then drive towards Kashgar. 

I hadn't eaten for 1 1/2 day (bad planning) and only had a little water. I felt terrible. I got food from a nice chins guy, vacuum-packed meat and choklad. We arrived in the middle of the night, and I collapsed at a hotel.