@crossingthethreshold Cool! I always imagined Xinjiang and Kashgar would be drier or more desert-y. I mean, the mountains around Kochkor are definitely browner and rockier than in other parts of Kyrgyzstan, but it’s still relatively green around some lakes here (like Song Kol, the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan; and Kol-Ukok, the lake I showed recently on my blog)