If you want to see the world's highest geysers at their peak performance time, you have to first wake up at 3am. Dress warm, at least 3-4 layers, it's way below zero up there. Then, stand outside your hotel until the tour bus comes by to pick you up. Bump down the road for a couple of hours, as the bus climbs higher and higher. You will huff and puff more and more, trying to eek out every last gasp of oxygen left in the atmosphere. Your little toesies will be so cold ON the bus, you don't know quite what to expect once getting off the bus. But never fear, once the sun comes up, it's the desert, and you'll be casting off layers of clothes faster than you can say Frosty the Snowman. These
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