Today had quite a lot going for it. We left the Tulpar Lake region and retraced our steps down the track to Sary Mogul. Then we drove 14km along the road before turning on to the track that leads to Lenin Peak base camp - where we’d hiked to yesterday. If we thought the Tulpar Lake track was pretty, the Lenin Peak track was off the charts. And now we’re parked above a glacial river, looking at Lenin Peak and the sun has just set turning the rainbow coloured mountains all sorts of shades of pinks and purples. This is what overlanding gives you - freedom, mobility, borderless living and the chance to put your house in the most beautiful places in the world. #photography #overlandfamily #kyrgyzstan #borderlessliving

This morning at Tulpar Lake, Kyrgyzstan. Not long before we went out for a hike to Lenin Peak base camp and got caught in a mixed hail/snow storm 🙌 All four seasons in a day. #photography #overlandfamily #livefree #borderlessliving

We’re on our way to start the Pamir Highway, but with the Ak-Baital pass at 4655m to go over, altitude acclimation from this direction is particularly important. So we’ve wound our way to Tulpar Kul, or Tulpar Lakes. At the foot of Mt Lenin (7134m tall and one of the tallest mountains in the former Soviet Union) they are a series of high altitude lakes around 3500m up that make a great space to let the body prepare for the thinner air. We’ll spend two nights here and then head up the Lenin Peak track to get a bit higher still, and then we’ll head for the Tajikistan Border and that 4655m crossing. Expect more pictures from these lakes if the weather clears, because they are spectacular. 📍Kyrgyzstan #livefree #overlandfamily #photography