Day 3 Kygyzstan The expedition begins

This morning we took delivery of the motorcycles.  I have a BMW 800 GS and Ann has a 600 tenere. The seat height on Ann's bike is too high so we had to shave the seat and lower the front suspension as much as we can just so she can get  her feet on the ground . My bike has a few small  issues, the biggest problem is the key is not always working. The red 800 gs is  having some problems with the front  brakes. Hopefully the support crew can get it  sorted  by tomorrow.

We left the hotel at around 11:30 and headed out to Ala Archa national park. The ride out here was quite exhilarating with the temperature dropping  6 degrees from the gate to the park. We had  a picnic lunch  and everybody is chipping into make it work.

The clouds are covering the peaks of the mountains but you can still see some snow on some of the mountain peaks.

On our return to the hotel we were invited to watch  a yurt being built and asked to help out. Considering  only a few spoke English, we managed to understand what was asked and get the job done.

The bike are getting some tweaks done by the support team and should be right for the morning