Sunday, June 29, 2008

Recharging the batteries at Lake Issyk-Kul





The remainder of my 2 weeks in this lovely country with its lovely people will be full of even more work than what has been done so far!
Saltanat needed a break too, so we hit the road to fascinating Lake Issyk-Kul.

Lake Issyk-Kul is the largest alpine lake in the world after lake Titicaca in Bolivia/Peru.
It is at 1606 m above sea level. I don't think there is place in the world where while swimming in the ice cold water, we get to see mountains covered with snow! I mean in Lebanon we get to see mountains while swimming but not so close to us and not covered with snow (unless we choose to swim in January).




Hit the Road.





Our resort at Bosteri.




I literally had to hide behind a hanging curtain to try a suit on , , ,




Saltanat










The Market.


Currency ha ha ha - 1 US Dollar = 35 coms.




No comments: