Late spring is the moment: meltwater from the mountains turns the whole lake emerald for a few weeks. Bring a swimsuit, take the cable car up Chimgan for the view, come down to Bogʻiston for lagman and a shurpa. Uzbekistan is not only desert.
- #chatkal
- #charvak
- #mountains
- #hiking
- #tianshan
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