Winter and Spring 2016

Christmas saw us making a second trip to Karakol, a small town at the western end of Lake Issuk-kul, for a wonderful week of skiing. We had a lot of other fun in the snow throughout the Winter until Spring came early and warm in the last week of February.

 

                                                     Mid-winter view from our flat.

                                                      Rosie learnt to snowboard.

Felix and Rosie with the Hope Academy crowd.

 

 Felix's jumps got bigger!

 

 

In March we celebrated Jim's birthday with a walk and picnic on Turtle Mountain, it was a beautiful warm day with gorgeous views:

 

An then we had a great visit from Tim, Jane's brother-in-law and one of Jim's oldest friends which saw them exploring markets and mountains.

 

 

May saw us back at Issyk-Kul taking part in the Run The Silk Road 5th Marathon running event. Jim ran a half marathon while the rest of us did 5kms. It was a wonderful weekend.

 

 

 

 

   At the end of term the Grade 3 teachers celebrated with 'I will Survive' at the staff party...

and Felix and Rosie ran hard at Sports Day.

 

 

And finally, Jane headed to the mountains with 3 friends for a weekend horse trek. It was a wonderful experience being immersed in rural Kyrgyz life but she was saddle sore!

 

And now we are looking forward to our Summer 2016 UK trip...