September 01, 2010

By the Shores of Issyk-Kul


Deep in the heart of Central Asia, squeezed into the crook of a range of

lofty snow-capped peaks known, for good reason, as the Celestial Mountains, stands a lake. Not just any lake, but a deep, blue body of water

over 100 miles across that never freezes over – no mean feat in this remote, elevated region at the very heart of a vast continent.


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