The journey continues, and I’ll let the beauty of Kanas National Park speak for itself. For me, the day was spent in a trance, as I could not believe how exquisite every corner of this land was! Genghis Khan certainly had good taste.
The beauty, however, does come with a price – possibly a heavy one. The three hour drive up the mountain along tiny winding roads scared the s*** out of me, as in, I wanted to puke the entire time because we were about to fall into the abyss at any minute.
“Isn’t this dangerous?!” I screamed as the bus sped around a 90 degree turn at something like 80 kilometers an hour.
The driver chuckled, “Oh this? Yeah…just two days ago a bus of 18 tourists from Beijing went down under. HAHAHA”
Cold swear trickled down my back. I didn’t think there was anything funny about it. Here we were, five kilometers from Kazakhstan, the nearest hospital is 3 hours away. As beautiful as it was, I did not want to die here.
Thankfully, we did make it in one piece, and as is the case with dangerous journeys, the rewards are far greater than expected. Enjoy!
Musings of a Leaf 