And for the kids?

Riding horses and camels, and interacting and playing with the other local kids that we met (both families had several of their own children). We had a football with us and this often opened doors for many hours of fun along the way. Our kids also really enjoyed the interaction with our two brilliant local guides, as well as the camel man and the horse man. These last two didn’t speak English – but that didn’t matter. The camel man took our youngest fishing, and the horse man taught our eldest son to ride a horse. Our teenager just loved our female guide, who taught him to sing Kazakh folk songs!