At-Tar (horses) - Shepherding at the foothills of the First May Mountains. "Horse" in Kyrgyzstan is called "At" (horse) – or "Attar" (horses)...
Looking across the Torugart Pass from Kyrgyzstan into China, adjacent to Tash Rabat, an ancient caravanserai on the Silk Road....
A veteran horse-riding champion from the Nomad Games at the foothills of the First May Mountains. Foothills of the First-May Mountains, near At-Bashi, Naryn District, Krygyzstan....
A veteran horse-riding champion from the Nomad Games at the foothills of the First May Mountains. Foothills of the First-May Mountains, near At-Bashi, Naryn District, Krygyzstan. "Horse" in Kyrgyzstan is called "At" (horse) – or "Attar" (horses) ...
The local doctor (left) and farmer (right) inside a traditional Kyrgish interior – playing the heroic, traditional Kyrgish instrument: the Komuz....
On the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, next to the old Soviet sanatorium....
Horses being exercised at 6 o'clock early-morning by the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul....
Mosque and old Russian vehicle spewing smoke. Ak-Muz, driving towards the Chinese border....
Mother and daughter collecting water outside the village in Naryn District....
Approaching a centennial celebration, it seems that the fitness of mountain people is inherent through to old age. ...