Kyrgyzstan Field Report Day 3: The Lake

[emo_snal]

At a traditional Dungan wedding, later on on Day 4 / Thursday. As things are at a bit of a lull while we wait for the brides family I thought I'd keep on hacking at thisDay 3: Hamida and I have been sharing our table with two old men. One has a brilliantly white goatee and his eyes twinkle with mischief. The other is broad and quiet and because he

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[meisje_viktoria]

According to Google... It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area), and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language; although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes.

[emo_snal]

Haha thanks! Yeah it was surprisingly warm! The ocean off the southern California coast sits at 65° and I think it was definitely warmer than that.

[meisje_viktoria]

Yeah I always been a fan of the warmer waters, which sadly the Atlantic a few hours away from my house is not.

[emo_snal]

I used to live much further north in Australia where I was about a hundred feet from the beach and the water (the coral sea) was always in the mid 70s. It was glorrrrious

[pundigrion]

Hahaha, the vodka bees made me laugh, that does sound a bit stereotypical xD

[aerodrome1]

I love these reports from the field.