Река Кштут и озеро Айгыркуль. Говорящая форель Сурхандарьи

#рыбалка #узбекистан #форель 00:05 Интро 00:35 Дорога вверх 07:02 Озеро Айгыркуль 20:10 Говорящая золотая рыбка 31:57 Бодамистан 32:48 Путь обратно 35:12 Разное The Kshtut River is one of the three largest tributaries of the Tupalang Darya. The other two, Tamshush and Khovat, were successively explored in previous hikes over the past couple of years. By a modest estimate, this time we covered more than 120 km, mostly light, but sometimes several times along the same radial route, fortunately we were in no hurry. We managed to climb to the mystical Aygirkul Lake and to the foothills of the highest peaks in the country. I would also like to note that Kshtut is a rather paradoxical river, in the middle reaches there is an illusion that the volume of water increases significantly, compared to the place where it flows into the Tupalang Reservoir. In some places the riverbed is compressed into picturesque gorges, with hundred-meter steep cliffs, and higher up the river spreads out into spacious valleys, cutting through gloomy juniper forests, centuries-old birch groves and abandoned gardens. Sometimes the landscapes and the river strongly resemble the Koksu river, only the volume of water at this time of year is much greater and the path often winds from bank to bank, connected by a dozen shaky bridges. Almost a quarter of a century ago, serious battles with terrorists took place in those places, unfortunately, taking the lives of many soldiers. The area is still densely strewn with fragments of all kinds of ammunition in some places, and closer to the border, they say, it is still mined. We learned many contradictory stories regarding the events of that time. Once upon a time, throughout the entire territory of the Tupalangdarya basin there were about a dozen villages with thousands of residents, who were subsequently moved to the plain. Only along the Kshtut valley do you inevitably pass by the ruins of the former villages of Zinchob, Hamidoricha, Tamarhut and Kunkurmas (which was actually located in such a deep gorge that the inhabitants there hardly saw much daylight). In general, the names of local toponyms are often missing or distorted on modern maps, including the names of large tributaries and peaks, and we tried to briefly summarize them. At present, on an area of more than 2000 km2 there are no permanent settlements, except for several military outposts. Therefore, the animal world is still wild and diverse, the rivers are full of fish and there are almost no traces of human presence. Probably, this situation will change very soon, due to the cutting of a road to the planned construction sites of several small hydroelectric power stations and other options for developing this incredible territory. One can only hope that this will not lead to the sad consequences of the rapid growth of mass tourism that are observed in the Tashkent region, and not only there