The next day – slightly the worse for wear – I headed for the ancient Kolsai Lake and Charyn Canyon, accompanied by guide Mauletkazy Miras, an expert on Almaty’s natural history and a PhD ...
Lake Kaindy, sunk deep within Kolsai Lakes National Park in Kazakhstan ... flattened more than 700 buildings in Almaty, and forever altered the geography of the region. One particularly violent ...