We headed into the mountains from Bishkek and everyone was pretty excited to see what Pete had been raving on about. The mountain pass to Song kol lake was still under snow so we went to the larger lake of Issyk Kol first. We camped on the beach, looking out on this huge lake with the only indication of the other shore being the snowy caps of the mountains peeking above the clouds.
The lake is the 4th deepest in the world at about 700m. It's 170km long and 70km wide and apparently the salinity is too high for it to freeze. The water wasn't as cold as expected which I found out as a paddle turned into a full submergance when Mike pushed me in. I need not have bothered with the morning shower!
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