Kyrgyzstan Suddenly in the middle of a private Eagle Hunter show
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 13 October 2024
Updated on 13 October 2024
After hitchhiking to a nearby red canyon and the usual “where’re you from? -aah Holland, Robben, Gullit, van Persie”, my second ride back stopped halfway, and suddenly I was face to face with an Eagle Hunter sign: 400m straight ahead, 10 meters to the left, 200 meters straight ahead, and 100 meters to the left. So, with my pedometer on, I arrived at the door a little while later.
Five minutes later, the rabbit was hanging from its ears, and after a short flight with the eagle, the rabbit was no more. Or so I thought until I saw that it was still conscious while being eaten. And before I knew it, I had the eagle on my arm. Unaware that I had to squeeze my hand to hold onto the strings attached to the eagle’s claws, it quickly realized that it had more freedom with me than with its owner. Fortunately, it also realized that I wasn’t a rabbit.
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Traveled route: Bishkek, Ala Archa National Park, Kockkor, Song-Kul lake, Beltam Yurt Camp, Fairytale Canyon Skazka, Karakol, Altyn-Arashan, Cholpon-Ata, Jalal-Abad, Kazarman
Suddenly in the middle of a private Eagle Hunter show
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