The drive from Sary Tash to the Chinese border was not supposed to take more than 2 hrs, but the car we jumped into was taking along detour to drop off an old lady at her home in the middle of nowhere, smack in between China and Kyrgyzstan, with no other house in sight. When we dropped her off, her family members walked up to the car with bowls of freshly churned butter, naan, and a big bowl of hot tea that we shared amongst us. On the floor, you can see a bottle of kymyz, or fermented horse milk that is the country's national drink. There was something about getting out of a car and sharing simple but amazing food amongst us, served by this young girl in the middle of nowhere.