What was your accommodation like?

We stayed in very comfortable Kazakh gers that Adrian had pre-assembled alongside each family. They had a warming fireplace that was lit for us every night. We slept in real beds, with pillows, duvets, warm sheep skins and wool blankets on top. The Kazakh gers are beautifully decorated inside, with handembroidered felt tapestries. There was also a shower tent with piping-hot water – something I certainly hadn’t expected – and a large dining tent; oh, and a toilet tent of course. that he cooled in the river, and we shared the food and drinks with our guides and the eagle hunter family. There were so many laughs and songs around a big bonfire. We all went to bed with smiles on our faces that night.

On several occasions the locals also made the most delicious handmade noodles for us, our kids still talk about those as well.