Took a 90-minute drive to the 95% Uzbek town of Arslanbob, famed for its two waterfalls and the largest walnut forest in the world.

The Russian was acting funny upon arrival, revving and lugging at idle, so I checked under the hood: the radiator fluid tank was bone dry…no warning from the car.

So, we found an auto parts store in about two minutes (they’re everywhere in Kyrgyzstan), and filled her up. We’ll see how the level looks tomorrow morning.

I tried to drive to the small waterfall, but I’ve pushed my driving skill limits enough already, so we headed back down and arranged a tour.

But first, lunch. For whatever reason, we’ve rarely encountered a knife with our meals on this trip, but this was just downright Candid Camera silliness:

Our driver’s vehicle, which he called our SUV’s grandfather:

The first stop was the big waterfall, which required us to cross a makeshift bridge:

Then we saw this sign you’ve definitely never encountered before:

There’s no line through it, so it’s not saying Don’t throw rocks at people’s heads–it’s just warning you to watch out for people doing that.

The hike up:

That’s your big boy:

It was a little drizzly.

Here’s a couple of shots from the back of the truck as we headed to the walnut forest:

The forest:

Views:

To finish of the tour, we stopped by the small waterfall:

Finally, we got back to the guest house and watched our hosts play table tennis:

They’re just like us!