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An early start, for today's plan was to visit the Burana Tower, and then move on to the Issyk-Ata sanatorium. Unfortunately Irina was unable to come, but I was lucky that two of her friends, Dmitri and Natalie, were available to act as guides. Dmitri is in the army, but in his spare time earns extra money by showing tourists around. Of course, I was not a conventional tourist - Heaven forfend - but I was nevertheless very glad of their services! They had a smattering of English, and Natalie h...