Jeti Oguz and Devechi Kosi waterfall

Or, I've flown a long way to hang out in Utah, part 3

Jeti Oguz, or the Seven Bulls, is about 15 miles west of Karakol. Catch a marshrutka and you're there in half an hour. These giant red bulges flank the mouth of the canyon.  

Follow the canyon upriver and you arrive in the Valley of Flowers.  Lots of working yurt camps/villages up in the canyon (an easy 3 or 4 mile walk from the Seven Bulls).  

Once the trail leaves the river, one might find oneself edging along an evergreen slope to reach Devechi Kosi falls, which I think translates to Maiden's Plaits.  

This'll be my last hike in Kyrgyzstan, I'm sorry to say.  I freaking love this country: it has combined the very familiar with the wonderfully new--landscapes I understand and a culture I've been delighted and honored to be able to learn about.  I'll be sorry to leave.