To get to our next destination, Issyk Kul, the world’s 11th largest lake, we had to cross the 3500m high Fergana range again. The fist impression of Kyrgyzstan is still valid, it is beautiful here.

We arrived at Issyk Kul on the next day in the morning and started the day with a swim. The water was surprisingly warm, around 18 degrees °C.

Early in the morning the beach was not very busy, but some restaurants were open already and we celebrated the nice weather with a nice breakfast in the sun:

The Kyrgyz-Kazakh border we reached in the afternoon, it was one of the quicker and smoother border crossings of the trip: