Oct 22, 2009

A summer adventure: FOCUS Hike4Life in Kyrgyzstan

“Kyrgyzstan? Where in the world is that?” my friend asked me when I informed him that I would be travelling to Kyrgyzstan, for the summer 2009 FOCUS Hike4Life.

A double rainbow greeted the participants on their first day of hiking. Photo: Alim Nagji
A double rainbow greeted the participants on their first day of hiking. Photo: Alim Nagji

The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked country in Central Asia that shares borders with Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south and China to the east. It is highly mountainous, with some 80 per cent of the country covered by the Tian Shan mountain range, and includes within its borders Lake Issyk-Kul, the second largest mountain lake in the world.

The eight-day hike took us approximately 100 kilometres through the mountains surrounding the lake, before ending along the shore of Issyk-Kul for a relaxing evening of local musical entertainment in Cholpon-Ata

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