A Day at the Beach

Today was a low-keyday. Some people aren't feeling good and my mom's ankle is still hurt so we are not doing too many activities. We started the day by waking up early and walked around the city and went a Cultural Park. We learned about important Kyrgyz people in history. We went into a yurt and learned about the history of it. This yurt was covered in wolf skin. I started to feel sick because it's so hot here so I went back to our guesthouse and played in the courtyard with the kittens while we waited for everybody else to come back. After lunch we headed back to the beach. This beach was more private and the water was freezing cold as always. It was just the kids that went with our guide Eles who is so much fun. All of the mom's went to a spa and had massages and soaked in mineral baths. My mom had an old Russian grandmother give her a massage and she said that she punched her and slapped her during the massage but she felt good afterwards. She also said the mineral bath helped her ankle feel a lot better. At the beach we played this game that was like dodge ball and another game like monkey in the middle. Even some Kyrgyz kids came over and joined us which was fun. For supper we went to a restaurant up the street. The traffic in Kyrgyzstan is horrible. People drive crazy and there aren't really any traffic rules. There aren't even any seat belts here! Crossing the street is like being frogger Because nobody ever stops and you just have to hop out of the way. The restaurant was nice. There was a guy singing karaoke in the corner. I had French fries and a vanilla milkshake. They were delicious. It was nice not to have Kyrgyz food for a change. Then we headed back to the guesthouse because we had to get up early the next morning.