You can take almost anything in a mashrutka, even a door!
His village is on the other side of Karakol from mine so after taking a taxi in and stopping at the bazaar for some cookies and juice (it's typical to bring some kind of gift for the host) we hopped in a mashrutka, literally hopped because someone had bought a large wooden door at the bazaar and was bringing it home. I'm still not sure how they got it in there!
Timerlan showed us his orchard, huge dog, and his sheep (he has a few babies and they were so cute and fluffy!) and then led us into his very nice house to meet his family. His family is unusual in that everyone speaks English, his wife and sister speak English well and his children are all learning. His wife had made amazing fried dough, along with salads and horse plov. I also tried bozo for the first time, it's some kind of fermented wheat drink, like an unfiltered beer. Of course I don't like beer so it wasn't exactly to my liking.
Timerlan and Luke playing guitar
After a wonderful lunch Timerlan brought out his guitar and we played some songs and sang, it was a lot of fun!
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