It's not often that this small ex-soviet country pops up in conversation, unless of course I am in that conversation and I'm reminiscing about a summer spent with my head permanently poking from a sun roof, driving across the bumpy roads of Kyrgyzstan.
I've been there twice in fact, and both times met with some of the most interesting, kind and generous people I have ever come across in my 19 and a half years on this pretty little planet. I'm afraid I'm so desperate to post this that I won't regale you with my tales of getting stuck in snow on a road that's virtually unpassable for 5 months out of the year, or the many open air wees I've had staring up at moons and mountains whilst listening out for wolves.
I've been to Issy-kul, the lake is a tried and tested holiday destination for many Kyrgyz people... which is why my brow furrowed in reading the location of this documentary. What were you planning on doing for the next 7 minutes and 15 seconds? Unless it was Ryan Gosling, change your plans and watch this:
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