On Thursday, Rahat and I headed up the mountains to Al Archa, which is one of Kyrgyzstan’s national parks. As we drove higher and higher through the mountains, the temperature became much cooler and you could see the vegetation changing. In the lower mountains, trees are in full bloom and the temperature is about 60 degrees. As you head higher, however, there is still snow on the ground. Also, you see fewer people as you head higher. In the lower mountains, there are small, quaint villages. Few people, however, live high in the mountains. The views were amazing from both the lower and higher mountains. Huge, ragged, snowy mountains towered over us, no matter how high we drove. We never even got close to the highest point in the area. When we reached Al Archa, it
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