Labels:bulletin board | daily | earth | gazette | sky OCR: Adventures 1n Cen tral Asia MOUNTA INS DESERTS LEGEN DARY STAT OF THE WESTERN SILK ROAD From the immense deserts of Kara -Kurm to the snows of the Tien Shan, the newly indepen dent republics of Central Asia boast na tural bea iuty and grandeur easily ma atching their wealth of Silk Road treasures our adventures start 1 Kirg hizs tan mountain par adise su rrounded by deserts The mountain - -dwelling Kirghiz are celebra ted horsemen and many still spend the summer in mote yurt camps in the Tien Shan "Heaveniy Moun tains") We hike wonderful val leys with juniper forests and glacial lakes and relax Lake Issyk -Ku1 (the Kirghiz' "Sacred Sea"), an enormous alpine lake at 000 feet where we can ride horses and soak hot sDr ings We con tinue the ESTERN beauty matching remot junipet
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