Karakol Lake

Photograph by Oded Wagenstein

This lady is a part of a very small Kyrgyz community that live in small yurts just on the shore of the amazing Karakol Lake on the way from China to Pakistan.

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2011 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest .)

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