Ilima is an enthusiastic French-speaking Kyrgyz who loves to welcome tourists and show them around her country. En route to the town of Naryn, they were lucky enough to come across a small family of Bactrian camels. It was an encounter that was both unexpected and expected, in a region where camel farming is still very much alive.

Credits : Ilima Termirgalieva (Kirghizstan)

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