(Lake) Issyk Kul (kul means lake in Kyrgyz) is at 1600m above sea level. The water is only very slightly salty, but this prevents it from melting. In turn this creates a micro climate which is relatively warm in the Winter time and cooler in Summer time than the rest of the country, and certainly contrastive from Bishkek. It was probably a full ten degrees cooler at the lake than in Bishkek. But we still had pleasant weather from 20-25 degrees.
The mountains surround the entire lake and many remain snow capped all year. These mountains are part of a range called Tian Shan that stretches into China, and are actually an extension of the Himalayas.
It was hard to get a shot of clarity against a perfectly blue sky. But there were still some spectacular views, that hopefully these photos give a hint about.
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